Mt. McKinley, June 8-15, 2001


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1. Sally Day in her house

2. Chris in the Day's living room

3. Dick Day Portage Glacier

4. Chris Portage Glacier


5. Portage Glacier

6. Dick Day on the deck of his home

7. First Meeting : Equipment Check

8. View of Turnagain Arm (off of Cook Inlet) along the Anchorage to Girdwood road


9. View of Turnagain Arm (off of Cook Inlet) along the Anchorage to Girdwood road

10. View of Turnagain Arm along the Anchorage to Girdwood road

11. Guides getting ready to load common gear

12. Group getting ready to load gear on the plane


13. One of the planes used to take the group to basecamp

14. One of the two group planes taking off

15. Chris infront of the other group plane

16. Mt. McKinley right after take off from the Talkeetna airport


17. Mt. McKinley and Chulitna River which has the run-off from both the Eldridge and Ruth Glaciers

18. Mt. McKinley

19. Mt. McKinley

20. Mt. McKinley


21. Mt. McKinley

22. Mt. McKinley along w/ the end of the Tokositna Glacier

23. Mt. McKinley along w/ the end of the Tokositna Glacier

24. Mt. McKinley w/ Mt. Foraker on the left


25. Alaska Range w/ other group plane in the distance

26. Alaska Range w/ other group plane in the distance

27. Beginning of One-Shot Pass

28. One-Shot Pass as seen from the cockpit


29. Passing thru One-Shot Pass

30. Beginning of the Kahiltna Glacier

31. Flying over basecamp...Runway on the left

32. Unloading Gear at the basecamp landing strip


33. Chris at basecamp

34. North Peak of Mt. Hunter from basecamp

35. Setting up camp, Kitchen tent on the left. Mt Hunter in the background

36. Stopping for a break on the way from basecamp to the second camp. Kahiltna Peaks in the background


37. Chris just finishing his break on the way to 2nd camp

38. Edge of camp 2. Kahiltna Peaks on the left, Mt. McKinley on the right

39. Ryan along w/ Tentmates Matt and Matt

40. Stopping for break on the way to dropping off the first cache


41. Matt Stills at the third camp

42. Motorcycle Hill above camp three

43. Late evening view from camp three. Mt Foraker on the left in the background and the Kahiltna Dome on the right

44. From the left: Matt, Chris, Matt, Peter, Ryan and one of the guides Carl at camp three


45. Some team members at camp three

46. Motorcycle Hill as seen from camp three

47. Chris at camp three

48. Coming back to pick up the cache. Top of the Kahiltna Glacier looking all the way down the Kahiltna Glacier


49. At the cache, guide Carl on the left and lead guide Kirby on the right

50. Entire group at the cache. Kahiltna Glacier on the left

51. View from the top of Motorcycle Hill

52. View from the top of Motorcycle Hill


53. Group taking a break at the top of Motorcycle Hill. From the left, lead guide Kirby, Stewart, another Bob, and Matt

54. Chris with Mt. Foraker in the background

55. View of Mt. Foraker from Mt. McKinley

56. Mt. Foraker


57. Mt. Foraker on the right and the Kahiltna Glacier in the middle

58. On the way back down, just below Windy Corner

59. Just below Windy Corner, a couple other teams are seen in the distance

60. The entire team working their way back down from Windy Corner


61. Looking back towards the top of Motorcycle Hill

62. Mt. Foraker from on top of Motorcycle Hill

63. Same view as 62

64. Trail turning to the left into Motorcycle Hill


65. Another view from the top of Motorcycle Hill

66. Trail going down Motorcycle Hill, camp three shown on the right. Notice the Seracs which broke off and created an avalanche the night before

67. View of Motorcycle Hill from the camp. Fresh Avalanche with Seracs shown on the right

68. My last photo with the rest of the team before being escorted off the mountain. From the left, guide Merrick, Jeff, Matt, Matt, Chris, Ryan, Peter, and Stewart


69. Same as 68

70. One of a series of views on the way back down to basecamp. Mt. Hunter on the left, Mt Frances in the middle, and looking all the way down the Kahiltna Glacier on the right.

71. Passing back by camp two, Mt. McKinley in the background

72. My Plane landing on the glacier


73. Plane landing on the glacier

74. Plane landing on the glacier

75. Flying from basecamp back to Talkeetna. View of Little Switzerland.

76. View of Mt. McKinley on the way back to Talkeetna


77. Wild sheep on the side of the road going from Anchorage to Girdwood

78. For those that know Sally, she's good at making new friends

79. Animal Park

80. Animal Park


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83. Baby moose at the animal park near Girdwood

84. Bald eagle having a little lunch


85. Bald Eagle

86. Sally hamming it up at the Native American Center in Anchorage

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88. Chris and Sally at the Native American center


89. Alaskan combat fishing

90. Chris and Dick at the Kenai River