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Denali 1998

I decided to make a gallery from my scanned negatives from our 1998 Denali expedition. We climbed the West Ridge.
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Arrival in Talkeetna
Arrival in Talkeetna		 Doug Geeting Aviation ready for us
Doug Geeting Aviation ready for us		 Our gear in front of the plane
Our gear in front of the plane		 Loading the plane
Loading the plane
River out of Talkeetna
River out of Talkeetna		 Arrived at the 8000 foot base camp
Arrived at the 8000 foot base camp		 Pulling sleds up to the 11,000 foot camp
Pulling sleds up to the 11,000 foot camp		 120 pounds of gear each
120 pounds of gear each
those sleds were heavy
those sleds were heavy		 Above motor cycle hill. Moving up from 11,000 to 14,000 feet
Above motor cycle hill. Moving up from 11,000 to 14,000 feet		 Lots of crevasses
Lots of crevasses		 Mt. Foraker in the distance
Mt. Foraker in the distance
Mike and I
Mike and I		 Playing uno
Playing uno		 14,000 foot camp
14,000 foot camp		 It snowed during the night
It snowed during the night
Michael Colasurdo
Michael Colasurdo		 Me at the 14,000 feet camp
Me at the 14,000 feet camp		 On the fixed ropes
On the fixed ropes		 Heading up to 17,000 feet
Heading up to 17,000 feet
The 14,000 foot camp from the ridge above
The 14,000 foot camp from the ridge above		 On the ridge to the 17,000 foot camp
On the ridge to the 17,000 foot camp		 Ridge climbing with a heavy pack
Ridge climbing with a heavy pack		 We came from all the way down there today
We came from all the way down there today
Close to camp
Close to camp		 Mike and I at 17,000 feet
Mike and I at 17,000 feet		 Mike
Mike		 Markus
Markus
Me with Denali in the background
Me with Denali in the background		 Another Markus shot
Another Markus shot		 Denali summit ridge
Denali summit ridge		 The summit is close
The summit is close
Michael Colasurdo on the summit of Denali
Michael Colasurdo on the summit of Denali		 My summit shot
My summit shot
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Jola Dziubinska08-Jul-2025 21:30
What a great adventure and achievement! Congratulations! V.
Arnie Peterschmidt15-Aug-2022 04:36
I remember you looking a bit slimmer when you got back from this adventure. Must have been fun going through your photos.
Mark Peterschmidt30-Jul-2022 15:37
Great photos, quite the adventure
Shanda25-Jul-2022 17:24
Great photos! I'm more impressed with Denali summits than Everest summits anymore. Congratulations!
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