Monday, June 16, 2014

The Actual Denali Schedule

Here is what we actually did - I only have room in this format, to put the actual dates, and not any of the "likely" or "ideal" dates.

Actual
 Day
 #
Date
(Actual)
commentary
0 4/30/14 Portland (PDX) to Anchorage (ANC) Flight
0 4/30/14 Van to Talkeetna/Weigh gear, pay for Kahiltna flight
1 5/1/14 Orientation, and wait for flight to Kahiltna Glacier
1 5/1/14 Fly to Kahiltna (waited all day for fuel, stayed here)
2 5/2/14 Kahiltna Airport to Ski Hill Camp (single carry)
3 5/3/14 Carry to 9800ft and cache (return to Ski Hill)
4 5/4/14 Moved to 9400ft
5 5/5/14 Storm.  Stayed at 9400ft
6 5/6/14 Storm.  Stayed at 9400ft
7 5/7/14 Storm, but got some food from our 9800ft cache
8 5/8/14 Kahiltna Pass to Motorcycle Hill (single carry)
9 5/9/14 Picked up 9800ft cache
10 5/10/14 Picked up Kahiltna airport cache
11 5/11/14 Cache carry to Basin Camp
12 5/12/14 Move to Basin Camp
13 5/13/14 Rest
14 5/14/14 Cache carry to 16300ft
15 5/15/14 rest (bad weather)
16 5/16/14 Cache carry to 16300ft
17 5/17/14 rest (bad weather)
18 5/18/14 rest (bad weather)
19 5/19/14 Tried to move to High Camp - too windy
20 5/20/14 Move to High Camp
21 5/21/14 Picked up 16300ft cache
22 5/22/14 Rest
23 5/23/14 South Peak Summit Day/return to High Camp
25 5/25/14 Return to Basin Camp (pick up sleds, if left, here)
26 5/26/14 Rest
27 5/27/14 Return to Motorcycle Hill Camp (pick up sleds, if here)
28 5/28/14 Return to Kahiltna Airport (Base Camp)
29 5/29/14 Snow storm
30 5/30/14 Snow storm
31 5/31/14 Snow storm
32 6/1/14 Return to Talkeetna
33 6/2/14 Take shuttle to Anchorage
34 6/3/14 Stay with the Joneses
35 6/4/14 Stay with the Joneses
36 6/5/14 Stay with the Joneses
37 6/6/14 Stay with the Joneses
38 6/7/14 Return to Portland

May you always have a plan, so you know what to change!

leora

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