Thanks to Facebook and Linked In I have reconnected with two of my old colleagues (Dave Iuppa & Peter Simer) that I climbed Mt.McKinley with forty years ago. I thought I'd share a few pictures of the three of us and others from that trip. Boy, weren't we studs? I have more that I'll occasionally post.
A quote from my journal Wednesday July 21, 1971.
"Woke about 9:00 AM - Ken said we could try for the summit - It's a beautiful day - left about 10:30, hiked to Denali Pass - not too bad. I fell into a crevasse up to my armpits - Got tougher and tougher and Annski got exhausted - we had to turn back at 19,400 ft at about 8:30 PM. I was really choked up about having to turn back. We got back very exhausted at midnight. It's sort of like losing a football game you don't deserve to lose." As I remember it was minus 27 degrees F when we returned to camp.
"Woke about 9:00 AM - Ken said we could try for the summit - It's a beautiful day - left about 10:30, hiked to Denali Pass - not too bad. I fell into a crevasse up to my armpits - Got tougher and tougher and Annski got exhausted - we had to turn back at 19,400 ft at about 8:30 PM. I was really choked up about having to turn back. We got back very exhausted at midnight. It's sort of like losing a football game you don't deserve to lose." As I remember it was minus 27 degrees F when we returned to camp.
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