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Mt. McKinley: Haugen and Team Reach 9,700’ - Camp Two

June 16, 2014

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Categories: Expedition Dispatches Denali

Elevation: 9,700'

June 15, 2014 - 7:37 pm Greetings from 9,700' on Mt. McKinley. We woke up around three this morning, ate breakfast, and then packed up camp. We loaded up our backpacks and sleds and headed up to our next camp. We pushed hard for the early part of the morning so we could get to camp before the glacier got hot. It seems strange that we would be worried about the heat while climbing in the snowy mountains of Alaska. When the sun is out and the solar radiation is bouncing off of all of those white surfaces, it acts like an Easy Bake oven. We put in a storm proof camp in a crevasse free zone and were tucked away by ten this morning. I suppose that begs the question about what we did the rest of the day.....hard work I assure you! HAPPY FATHERS DAY to our wonderful dads! RMI Guide Mike Haugen and Team