Mt. McKinley: Haugen & Team Summit!
Posted by: Mike Haugen, Mike Uchal, Pepper Dee
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Denali
Elevation: 20,320'
Wednesday June 24th 11:45 pm PT
We woke up around seven this morning to one of the warmest mornings I have ever experienced at 17,000 feet camp. We got ready slowly and departed for the top just after nine. The weather was perfect for us pretty much the entire climb. There was a little bit of cold, a little bit of hot, but mostly perfect all day. The El Siete crew walked to the summit in style a little after five this afternoon and spent a good deal of time taking pictures from the top. We had a smooth descent and pulled into camp just after 9:00 p.m. Alaska time for a twelve-hour round trip. We are getting the boys fed and put to bed so we can get up early to start our way out to basecamp and eventually back to you!
RMI Guide Mike Haugen
Audio transcription - Wednesday June 24th 6:30 pm PT
Hi, it's Mike Haugen. I am standing with the RMI el Siete on the summit of Denali. Beautiful weather. We topped out about 5:15 in the evening and are miles above the clouds. We are saying our congratulations to the team and head on back to high camp and send the blog from there. Hope all of our families are doing well. Thank you for your support.
RMI Guide Mike Haugen calls in from the Denali summit!
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Comments (8)
Congratulations to the hole team! Can’t wait to hear all about the climb and to see pictures! Now come home safe, Fredrik!
Posted by: May-Linn on
Congratulations to all of you, and well done to my norwegian friends Erlend and Fredrik! I was very happy to receive the news today! :-)
Posted by: Viggo Finset on
Congrats Mr. Chowdrys and all El Siete see you soon.t
Posted by: Tony on
Way to go Rick Chowdry and all the El Siete! What a trip this must of been and we are looking forward to hearing all about it. Take care on your way back down and we will talk soon.
Frank & Shawn
Posted by: Frank & Shawn on
CONGRATULATIONS to team El Siete! Thank you Mike Haugen for their safety and success! Awesome pics! Safe return. Jan
Posted by: Jan Boyce on
Gratulerer med enda en av de 7 Erlend. Her er vi glad Petter er ute av fjellet og om ikke så altfor lenge kommer hjem.
Posted by: Gunhild Bjerknes on
Congratulations, Brian and all of El Siete! What great news to wake up to. Have a safe trip down, and looking forward to your return. Judi
Posted by: Judi on
Aaron, Craig and team….CONGRATULATIONS! We are so proud of you. What a wonderful experience. You set a goal and you made it.
Come home safe
Dad/Bob
Posted by: Bob Telford on