from 2010 Mountaineering Season
I hope everybody had a wonderful New Year's celebration. Talkeetna really does it up with fireworks (unregulated) going on everywhere. Despite temperatures staying well below zero everybody gets out and about to go to bonfires and watch fireworks. Here's the latest on availability for 2012 expeditions. EXPEDITIONS Denali West Buttress April 27 - May 17: 6 spaces available April 29 - May 19: 5 spaces available May 8 - May 28: 6 spaces available May 11 - 31: 5 spaces available May 13 - June 2: 2 spaces ...
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EXPEDITIONS Denali West Buttress April 27 - May 17: 6 spaces available April 29 - May 19: 5 spaces available May 8 - May 28: 6 spaces available May 11 - 31: 5 spaces available May 13 - June 2: 2 spaces available May 21 - June 10: FULL May 26 - June 15: FULL May 28 - June 17: FULL June 4 - June 24: 1 space available June 11 - July 1: 2 spaces available June 18 - July 8: 1 space available June 25 - July 15: 6 spaces available June 27 - July 17: 3 spaces available Denali Full West Rib May 18 - June 7: 1 space
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from 2010 Mountaineering Season
The end of the year must get people thinking about next year...Denali Expeditions are filling steadily. EXPEDITIONS Denali West Buttress April 27 - May 17: 6 spaces available April 29 - May 19: 5 spaces available May 8 - May 28: 6 spaces available May 11 - 31: 5 spaces available May 13 - June 2: 2 spaces available May 21 - June 10: FULL May 26 - June 15: FULL May 28 - June 17: FULL June 4 - June 24: 2 spaces available June 11 - July 1: 2 spaces available June 18 - July 8: 1 space available June 25 - July
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from 2010 Mountaineering Season
Along with a big dump of snow the last few days we got a big round of applications for Expeditions and Courses. Here's the latest... EXPEDITIONS Aconcagua, Argentina Normal Route January 9 - 27, 2012: 2 spaces available Denali West Buttress April 27 - May 17: 6 spaces available April 29 - May 19: 5 spaces available May 8 - May 28: 6 spaces available May 11 - 31: 6 spaces available May 13 - June 2: 2 spaces available May 21 - June 10: FULL May 26 - June 15: FULL May 28 - June 17: FULL June 4 - June 24: 2
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from 2010 Mountaineering Season
We've added a new Denali West Buttress expedition starting May 8 to May 28th. Full West Rib Expedition: We've changed our Upper West Rib to a Full West Rib. This expedition will depart the main Kahiltna at 7,800 feet and turn up the seldom visited NE fork of the Kahiltna. This will be a team of four with two guides attempting a challenging technical route up Denali's West Rib. May18-June 7, 3 spaces available. EXPEDITIONS Aconcagua, Argentina Normal Route January 9 - 27, 2012: 2 spaces available Denali ...
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from 2010 Mountaineering Season
It's another beautiful afternoon in Talkeetna. Enrollments for expeditions come in each day by fax, email and snail mail. Signing up for a climb with AMS is a great step to committing to a winter training plan! We're here and ready to answer your questions. EXPEDITIONS Aconcagua, Argentina Normal Route January 9 - 27, 2012: 3 spaces available February 9 - 27, 2012: 4 spaces available Denali West Buttress April 27 - May 17: 6 spaces available April 29 - May 19: 6 spaces available May 11 - May 31: 6 spaces
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from The Alpinist - newswire
O n Mt. Baker (10,771'), Washington, a local search and rescue group found the body of a missing woman one day after her disappearance. When Sheryl Costello, thirty-four of Golden, Colorado, disappeared on July 2 she was glissading from the summit with her boyfriend down Heliotrope Ridge. The following day, at about 4:00 p.m., Bellingham and Skagit mountain rescue teams began a search, and found Costello's body 5,200 feet up the mountain in a moulin. This drainage is a known hazardous area and is located
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from 2010 Mountaineering Season
Keywords:
IMGVernovage,
good rest day,
July,
AMS guide Dustin English,
stories from the mountain,
back,
Aaron Mainer,
late last night,
Denali Update,
14,200' camp
AMS guide Dustin English sent us a text from 14,200' camp late last night. Yesterday, July 2, they had a good rest day at 14,200'. On July 1st they carried and cached some of their food, fuel and equipment at 16,500' and that went well for them.Both the Wagner 6/20 and AMS/ IMGVernovage 6/22 teams hope to move up to the 17,200' high camp today. We wish them the best! The teams lead by Peter Anderson, Mike Hamill and Aaron Mainer have safely arrived to Kahiltna Base Camp and are waiting for the weather to
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from The Alpinist - newswire
T he National Park Service has proposed an unprecedented wilderness plan that calls for the removal of 300 bolts from several remote climbs at Christmas Tree Pass in southern Nevada. This plan would be the first to not only ban, but also require the removal of fixed anchors. At many national parks, including Yosemite, Zion and the Black Canyon, fixed anchors can be placed under careful guidelines and existing anchors are nearly always left alone. In the case of Christmas Tree Pass, the NPS has cited the
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