Mt. McKinley: Haugen & Team Arrive at Base Camp
Posted by: Mike Haugen, Mike Uchal, Pepper Dee
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Denali
Elevation: 7,300'
After some long trips from our respective homes, our crew arrived in Anchorage and formed the super team, "El Siete" (RMI Team Seven). We made the journey to Talkeetna, AK the day before yesterday and started to prepare for our flight onto the mountain. We spent yesterday packing in the hanger. The weather did not seem to be on our side and the probability of us flying into base camp on time seemed very small. We figured we would be joining all of the other teams that had been doing the "Talkeetna Wait" for days. We woke up today anticipating that we would not fly this morning and we were not wrong. After a good breakfast, lunch, and a few wanders around town, we planned on getting a pizza and watching the NBA finals. As soon as the crew started to get into the game, the flight service called and told us there was a small window for us to fly.
So here we are on the glacier ready to climb the big one. If you did not get a call from us before we left, we were in a mad rush and we will get back to you after we summit!
RMI Guide Mike Haugen & Team
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Comments (5)
Keep the pictures coming. Glad all is going well.
Love
Mom and Dad
Posted by: MaryAnn and Arthur on
Not sure first e-mail got to you. Stay warm, stay safe and have a great time
Love
Mom and Dad
Posted by: MaryAnn and Arthur on
Dad… I bet you are very cold. Be safe. We miss you.xoxo good luck.
Posted by: Sasha krull on
As we said on Kili—“Twende Tu”! (Let’s go!) Brian (Parky) and team—let’s go!
Judi
Posted by: Judi Sarafin on
Way to go everyone!! cant wait to hear what tomorrow brings! :)
Posted by: Joyce Telford on