Denali 2015 Trip Report - A Retrospective

[Daniel Eagan]

Took a long time to read this (I mean to start reading it) but it was very much worth it. Thank you for writing.

 

[nartreb]

PS Excellent job telling the story. One of the hardest jobs for a writer is knowing when the narrator can keep quiet to let suspense build or to allow other points of view to be heard. Adding the radio reports without any comment was masterful.

 

[Puma concolor]

Grew up wanting to be a writer but somehow wound up where I am.

I appreciate the compliment.

 

[Puma concolor]

Wow!

All of this.

So glad to have had the people around me who were there that day!

https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-a-fall-from-denali-north-americas-tallest-peak-2022-7?fbclid=IwAR3SQaLR4gCj6cxjN10Nltif862CyrQBcQH69tOk-llRQhUAqd8QOgF5DOc

 

[skiguy]

Wow!

All of this.

So glad to have had the people around me who were there that day!

https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-a-fall-from-denali-north-americas-tallest-peak-2022-7?fbclid=IwAR3SQaLR4gCj6cxjN10Nltif862CyrQBcQH69tOk-llRQhUAqd8QOgF5DOc

Most interesting but not surprising personality dynamics. Climbing with others can bring out the best and the worst in people. Going guided on a big trip of this sort can certainly be challenging socially but hooking up on the fly on the mountain itself certainly is in another league. My first trip to Denali was with a guided trip that really melded well on the social dynamic which I considered a stroke of luck. Although some are not so lucky. I have read some accounts of things becoming ornery on the way out in the last days of some of these expeditions. Pent up disagreements and personalties can become unglued especially if some made the Summit and others didn’t. Mark I’m glad you were lucky to hook up with a well adjusted group and have gone onto climb with some of them again.

 

[Puma concolor]

If I could go back in time and pay twice as much as I did for the cost of my guided climb, I’m quite sure I would.

These guys went 0 for 4 on the summit, one fell all the way down the Autobahn and another lost in court. Just wow.

Thanks, skiguy!