Since climbing Mt Shashta last year on my own i was very keen on climbing Denali and figured this year would be a good time to do so. Once i got the vacation approved i had to go for it after E3 since at that time i was working with G4, it also mean’t that…
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Tips for climbing Denali
This is final post in series of blogs that i have written for my denali experience. main page can be found here. Alpine Ascents has a great 6 month training program and if you want to follow that here is the link. I don’t want to give out a training regimen or some generic guidelines…
Denali: Waiting at High Camp and the return journey.
This is part 4 in series of blogs that i have written for my denali experience. main page can be found here. July 9th It was a beautiful day and we could have made a summit attempt but it was a scheduled rest day and rightly so. Everyone including me was pretty beat up from…
Denali: Surviving the Storm and getting to High Camp 17k ft.
This is part 3 in series of blogs that i have written for my denali experience. main page can be found here. Jun 30th It was 5am and we decided to take a short nap before waking up at 9am to have pizza for dinner. The wind had really picked up and we were getting…
Denali: Getting to 11K Camp
This is part 2 in series of blogs that i have written for my denali experience. main page can be found here. As the day of departure came close i was feeling really confident and wanted to make sure that i had everything booked and taken care of. To my surprise i found that i…
Training for Denali
This is part 1 in series of blogs that i have written for my denali experience. main page can be found here. After confirming my 3 weeks of vacation I signed up with Alpine Ascents for Denali guided expedition sometime in October of 2012 so i had plenty of time to train. At that time…