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Climb for the Cause:
Denali 2002

The Plan



Itinerary for MS Denali 2002
May 16-June 8, 2002

May 14 Day 1: Everyone arrives in Anchorage
May 15 Day 2: Pick up last minute items and get transported to Talkeetna
May 16 Day 3: Last minute preparations and be flown to Kahiltna Base Camp on the mountain
May 17 Day 4: Spend day at Kahiltna practicing crevasse rescue techniques
May 18 Day 5: Start trudging up mountain. Carry all gear to 7800 feet. Celebrate Eric Simons’ birthday
May 19 Day 6: Carry gear to 9700 and return to 7800 to sleep
May 20 Day 7: Move rest of gear to 9700 feet
May 21 Day 8: Carry all gear to 11,000 feet and camp there
May 22 Day 9: Rest day
May 23 Day 10: Carry gear to 13,500 feet and return to 11,000 to sleep
May 24 Day 11: Move rest of gear to 14,200 feet leaving cache at 13,500
May 25 Day 12: Return to 13,500 feet to pick up cache and carry to 14,200 foot camp
May 26 Day 13: Rest day/Play Frisbee
May 27 Day 14: Move all gear to 16,200 feet and camp
May 28 Day 15: Rest day/No Frisbee (or we’d fall off the mountain)
May 29 Day 16: Move all gear to 17,200 feet/high camp
May 30 Day 17: Rest day
May 31 Day 18: Summit day or pick up cache at 16,200 that we might leave there
June_1-4 Days 19-22: Summit/storm days
June 5 Day 23: Return to 14,200 feet
June 6 Day 24: Return to Kahiltna base camp
June 7 Day 25: Fly to Talkeetna/drive to Anchorage
June 8 Day 26: Fly home


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