Tag: expedition

Denali ’24

This year I was back on Denali for another try. It’s been 3 years since my previous attempt and while my training routine was a bit haphazard, I felt really strong and my training hikes were going great. It was time to head back to Alaska!

This time I flew in through Minneapolis. Why? Flying in through Seattle would’ve been longer and more expensive. I was a bit traumatized by just how flat the US midwest is, but I can deal with that. This time I didn’t have to deal with any vaccination process at the airport, but I did manage to meet some of my teammates before the next day team gathering.


Ecuador

There are a few mountains other than the seven summits that I’m interested in climbing for other reasons. One of those is Chimborazo, a mountain in Ecuador that has the interesting property that its summit is further from the center of Earth than that of Mt Everest (because of the planet’s shape). It’s also a phrase my late gran used to use as an expression of “the greatest magnitude”—I think in her day that was common as it was believed to be the highest mountain. This connection is why I got interested and went on an expedition to climb Cotopaxi and Chimborazo.

Cotopaxi