Mt. McKinley: Knoff & Team Carry to 13,500’
May 26, 2015 - 10:08 am PT
Today is Memorial Day. With the simplicity of life on this mountain taking charge, many of us don't even know what day it is. The process of get up, get dressed in close quarters, make your way to the cook tent dug into the side of the mountain, eat breakfast, pack you bag and climb, come back to the tents, eat dinner and go to bed is a process where days don't matter. So if birthdays are missed, anniversaries are forgotten about, we are not to blame. Despite having digital doohickeys with us, looking at calendars and keeping track of days becomes arbitrary. Today as it turns out wasn't Memorial Day up here, it was Windy Corner day. This legendary gateway to the upper mountain is famous for its heinous wind, scary rock fall and tricky crevasses. We are happy to report our carry around the corner to 13,500 feet went as smooth as we could have asked for. Again we lucked out with weather because as I wrote earlier our early morning wake up calls got us going into clear skies but as soon as we arrived back in camp seven hours later it was snowing as hard as it has all trip. There is much to be said for walking into a camp that is waiting for you. We will rest tomorrow and eat pancakes and drink fresh coffee until nap time. We can't wait.
Hello to Mrs. Vradenburg's class at Lamotte School I hope Liam is behaving. Stay tuned.
RMI Guide Adam Knoff
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Comments (3)
Hi Greg… sooooo excited to hear the weather is cooperating this time around! The HFI crew is wishing you and your group a safe summit & return. We sort of miss you??? ;) Love the blog!
Posted by: Shelly Davies on
Sounds like weather and timing are working well for you climbers. wishing everyone a well deserved rest and careful climbing tomorrow. Thinking of you often Greg. Great to get the blogs. Good luck.
Posted by: Dawn on
Hiya! So glad to hear that you are doing so well and that windy corner wasn’t so windy after all! You guys are safer than us here in Houston at the moment. We had an horrendous storm last night and were on flood alert until noon today. We were advised to stay at home. All blue skies and sun again now! But this is news, you want to get away from the rest of the world!! Ha,ha! Take care and enjoy!
Posted by: Joyce Tocher on