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."

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