Team 3:1 Advantage climbs Denali (West Buttress, May 2021)
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Denali Alaska expedition in May 2021 via the West Buttress route. Husband & wife, Marlin & Trisha, along with third teammate Mandy set out to climb the highest mountain in the US and North America. Marlin already completed all 50 state highpoints in 2016 and he and Trisha had visited all the highpoints together, except Trisha lacked Denali. Follow "Team 3:1 Advantage" as they embark on a 20 day expedition to the top!
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Overview of the trip:
May 14 - Flew onto Kahiltna Glacier (~7000 ft elevation). Trekked from the airstrip to 7800' camp. Starting weight was about 140lb food and fuel per person (prepared for 28 days).
May 15 - 7800’ camp to 9900’ camp
May 16 - 9900’ Camp to 11k camp
May 17 - Rest day in 11k camp
May 18 - Cache to 13,500’
May 19 - Rest/weather day
May 20 - My husband trekked our 3rd teammate out to the airstrip and back by himself. (Teammate bailed due to inability to tolerate altitude and exertion with having covid recently.)
May 21 - Move from 11k camp to 14k camp (windy/snowy day, but worse weather approaching)
May 22 - Establishing camp at 14k
May 23 - Camp reinforcement & repair day due to broken tent pole from high winds overnight
May 24 - Retrieve cache from 13,500’ and Edge of the World excursion
May 25 - Cache to 16,800’
May 26 - Reconstructing melting camp walls day, digging underground bathroom
May 27 - Weather day (lots of shoveling snow)
May 28 - Rest day
May 29 - Weather day (snowing & super windy again)
May 30 - Move from 14k’ camp to 17k’ camp
May 31 - Summit day, pack up 17k’ camp, back to 14k’ camp (bad weather approaching)
June 1 - 14k’ camp to 7800’ camp. Tried to push to the airstrip but poor visibility and no broken trail on lower mountain made going slow and precarious with unknown crevasse locations.
June 2 - 7800’ camp to airstrip and flew out to Talkeetna. Beautiful day!
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Music credits in order (all downloaded from pixabay . com)
-"Good Vibes" by AlexiAction
-"Motivational and Success" by BoDleasons
-"Uplifting Life" by Grand Project
-"Spirit of Adventure" by AlexiAction
-"The Beat of Nature" by Olexy
-"Motivational Epic Music / Inspiring Cinematic Background Music" by SoulProdMusic
-"We Confidently Go to Victory" by Alex MakeMusic
Your 14 camp looked legit!
Good edition, good photographs, good glacier architecture, but the best of all, a good attitude. Congratulations on the summit and on your anniversary at the end of the world. A hug for your dog. This year I will return to finish last year's homework. Thanks for your beautiful video.
Thank you! It was an epic trip. Enjoy finishing up your project too!
Conga!
Great video. Really enjoyed watching! Got us psyched to get up there! Thanks for sharing
Awesome. Great job all around. Was up there in '98, didn't summit - turned back at 19,300,' but a great experience.
Oh wow. It's such a beautiful place. Truthfully, when I was at the big flat spot at 19,300' I had to take LONG break and give myself a big pep talk in order to keep going to the top. It was a big mental hurdle in that thin air for me!
Awesome video! Makes me miss you two!
Thanks for sharing. Great video! Curious what camera you used for the video on the mountain? Thanks!
Thanks! We used a GoPro Hero 9 for most of the footage and some from our iPhone 11. :)
Thanks! Much appreciated!
Apparently some people say that Denali & Aconcagua are in the same continent but in different regions.(I disagree with that)
Have you been to the highest points in any other states?
Yes. We started checking off state highpoints together in 2009 and my husband did Alaska in 2015 because I didn't want to go at the time. We finished with 49 (for me) and 50 (for him) state highpoints in 2016 by summiting Hawaii together. Then in 2021 a PS... I decided I wanted to actually complete all 50 and so we went together and summited Denali. :)
@@trishathorman8968 I heard some people say that Aconcagua & Denali are on the same continent apparently.
@@RFE812 Well apparently those people think North and South America are the same continent! 😆