Get 'er Done team flies onto the Kahiltna Glacier & Base Camp
**Sorry all - yesterday was June 18th not May 18th .......... **And - the
weather in Talkeetna has cleared and the Team is on there way to
the Kahiltna Glacier & Base Camp at 7,200 ft. Please wish them luck with the weather and
Godspeed!
Last evening, June 18th the Get 'er Done Denali team [Dave,
Todd & Fred] left Denver about 11PM, after a storm delay of 1 1/2 hrs., on
Alaska Airlines for their direct flight to Anchorage. [Vern's in Denver
licking his wounds & recovering from the Bicycle wreck of May 17th while
riding in the Santa Fe Century & will be posting information as available to
the team website - http://home.comcast.net/~denali2009/ and to
the Get 'er Done Denali team blog: http://geterdone2009.blogspot.com/]
The Get 'er Done Denali team with all their baggage intact
arrived in Anchorage early this morning -
Friday, May 19th. After a van
shuttle to Talkeetna & checking in with TAT [Talkeetna Air Taxi]
the them will meet with the National Park Service [NPS] for
their orientation briefing. **While the weather is partly cloudy in
Talkeetna they are hoping to; organize gear, prepare the sleds with runners
and be flown onto the Kahiltna Glacier Base Camp at 7,200 ft. by
days end. Pretty aggressive schedule! *More updates as I
receive them...... VEB
From the book k-2 Savage Mountain & my new favorite quote......
"When men climb on a great mountain together, the rope between them is more than a mere physical aid to the ascent; it is a symbol of the spirit of the enterprise. It is a symbol of men banded together in a common effort of will and strength – not against this or that imagined foeman of the instant, but against their only true enemies: inertia, cowardice, greed, ignorance and al weaknesses of the spirit. We entered the mountains as strangers but we left as brothers."
