Mt. McKinley Expedition: Hahn & Team Turn Around on Their Carry Attempt
Posted by: Dave Hahn, Will Ambler, Jack Ritterson, Miles Watson
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Alaska
Elevation: 14,000'
Sunday, June 28 - 9:30PM PST
Forecasts suggested we’d get a little break from the snowstorm this morning, so we were up early. It is tough, this far up the mountain, to be up before the sun makes its way around, but we were motivated. We set out climbing at 8AM and the clouds and snow came back in about then. We went uphill anyway, in the hope that things would change for the better before we got on the fixed rope section. Two hours took us to 15,300ft but the weather got no better. We were in a swirling snowstorm with very little visibility or contrast. We figured it wouldn’t work to take on the more technical terrain above. So we turned around… the carry of food and fuel could wait. We got excellent exercise, we broke Sidd’s altitude record, we got out of our tents for a few hours… it wasn’t a bad day. But we’d still love to get that full carry in tomorrow.
- RMI Guide Dave Hahn
Comments (2)
Morning! Good luck today! Hopefully the storms are over and you can get back on track! Thinking of you, Jodi V! Your pony is waiting!
Posted by: Cathy Emerling on
Good luck on the anticipated full carry tomorrow and congratulations on all of the progress to date. Hope the storms settle down.
Posted by: Bob Jordan on