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