Friday, April 30, 2010

Packing, organizing, then re-packing and re-organizing




The last two weeks have been a combo of training and picking up the last few items we need to pull this thing off. Buying stuff is the easy part, organizing and packing is the hard part. I have made countless checklists for gear, food, clothes etc, and I think it's all starting to come together. We will hopefully be flying out of Talkeetna into Denali base camp on the afternoon of the 6th, staying the night at basecamp, then moving down the Kahiltna to the base of our route on Mt. Hunter on the 7th. If all goes well, you may be seeing a SPOT message on the page from the summit of Mt. Hunter around the 12th or 13th depending on conditions and weather. Deep and unstable snow will be our largest foe, and is what usually turns people around on Mt. Hunter. The success rate is very low on this mountain and we know what were up against. Strong legs and minds will hopefully prevail. I have included a few pics of the preparation process.
Josh

1 comment:

aknor said...

Have a great trip, Josh...can't wait to see pics and hear all about it when you get back!

All the best to you,
Ellen