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  • 2007 Summary.Pub

    2007 Summary.Pub

    Denali National Park and Preserve Annual Mountaineering Summary - FIRST SOLO WINTER ASCENT OF MT. FORAKER The 2007 climbing season was off to a successful start with the Congratulations go out to Denali Pro Award winners Heidi first solo winter ascent of Mt. Foraker by the renowned Japanese Kloos and Robert Durnell for their selfless assistance to other climber Masatoshi Kuriaki. This “Wind Warrior” of the Alaska climbers during a particularly grueling rescue mission. (More Range posted the only successful ascent of Mt. Foraker out of 21 on page 2.) attempts this season. Masatoshi, a quiet, understated climber The South District staff continued efforts to investigate and with enormous resolve, has spent a whopping 532 days by him- penalize businesses offering unauthorized commercial services self in the Alaska Range since his first winter climb in 1997. within the park, both in the aviation and mountain guiding The Denali staff will miss seeing Masatoshi in 2008, as this realms. This year, working in conjunction with the United winter’s adventure involves taking care of his newborn baby! States Attorney’s Office, we conducted two different undercover In early April, the West Ridge of Mt. Hunter was successfully investigations. One of these investigations led to the execution climbed by an NPS patrol comprised of mountaineering rangers of a search warrant, and charges are currently pending in the Mik Shain and Tucker Chenoweth, along with volunteer Tim case. The other investigation resulted in the cancellation of Connelly. This early season climb was intended to hone techni- climbing permits for illegally guided clients. This past season cal mountaineering skills, expand our staff-wide base of route the National Park Servie cancelled over one hundred registra- knowledge, and to make an early assessment of snow condi- tions for climbers involved -- either knowingly or unknowingly tions.
  • 1991 Mountaineering Summary

    1991 Mountaineering Summary

    DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE 1991 MOUNTAINEERING SUMMARY The 1991 mountaineering season on Denali began with a rumble as a major earthquake hit the range on April 30th. Measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, the epicenter was just south of Mount Foraker. Huge avalanches were observed throughout the range, as well as several reports of close calls among climbers. Luckily there were no injuries. The winter of 1990-1991 was another heavy snow year in the Alaska Range. There were no winter attempts made on Mount McKinley. Weather in the spring was generally poor. An abundance of cold and stormy weather turned away most summit attempts until late May when a stretch of stable weather arrived. Still, the success rate remained low until another stretch of good weather in mid to late June brought the success rate up to its normal of 50% to 60%. This year, in order to maintain safe, reliable, and timely air support for high altitude rescues on Mount McKinley, the National Park Service contracted an Aerospatiale Lama helicopter to be stationed in Talkeetna for the mountaineering season. Fortunately the Park Service was able to secure this contract this year, for U.S. Army Chinook helicopters were not available for high altitude rescues as they have been in years past. The Lama was successfully used on five major rescue missions this year. It’s worthiness was especially proven after it completed two successful rescues above 18,000’, one of which required four landings in the “Football Field” at 19,500’. In addition, for the first time in Alaska, the Park Service implemented “short-haul” rescue using the Lama.
  • DENALI NATIONAL PARK and PRESERVE 1990 MOUNTAINEERING SUMMARY Heavy Winter Snows, Volcanic Ash Deposits, Near Record Numbers Of

    DENALI NATIONAL PARK and PRESERVE 1990 MOUNTAINEERING SUMMARY Heavy Winter Snows, Volcanic Ash Deposits, Near Record Numbers Of

    DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE 1990 MOUNTAINEERING SUMMARY Heavy winter snows, volcanic ash deposits, near record numbers of climbers, few accidents and generally good weather summarizes the 1990 mountaineering season in the Alaska Range. Record snows fell at the lower elevations during the winter of 1989-90. There was one winter attempt made by a Japanese team of four on the West Buttress. They encountered extended periods of poor weather and spent nearly 20 days between the 11,000’ and 14,300’ camps. The 14,300’ basin was their highest camp. No other winter attempts were made on any other major peak within Denali National Park and Preserve. Throughout most of the winter, Mount Redoubt volcano, located approximately 150 miles south of the Alaska Range, repeatedly erupted, lightly dusting the Alaska Range with multiple layers of volcanic ash. A similar scenario occurred in 1986 when Mount Augustine erupted. The dark ash layers, once exposed to radiant heat from the sun, caused greatly accelerated melting of the snow pack as well as uneven melting of the snow surface. This resulted in an early closure of aircraft landing strips on the glaciers. Concern over a repeat of the 1986 early closures was well publicized and a number of groups planning late expeditions to the Alaska Range either moved their trips ahead or cancelled altogether. Late June snows extended the season longer than was expected, nevertheless, flights into the southeast fork stopped after the first several days of July. In an effort to cope with the number of people still on the mountain, landings to pick up parties were authorized at the 9,500’ level on the Kahiltna Glacier.
  • Denali National Park and Preserve 1985

    Denali National Park and Preserve 1985

    DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE 1985 MOUNTAINEERING SUMMARY There were no winter ascents of Mount McKinley or adjacent peaks during 1985. A Japanese team, filming a movie about Naomi Uemura, made this season’s first ascent. Their large filming crew arrived at the Kahiltna base camp on March 18th. Twelve team members continued beyond base camp, filming while they ascended. On April 18th, the tenacious group placed seven members on the summit. Even though they did not officially qualify as a winter ascent, they certainly experienced winter conditions throughout nearly all of their climb. The months of May and June have traditionally offered the best weather for expeditions to the Alaska Range. For 1985 however, they were an extension of the arctic winter. Severe temperatures and abundant storms created conditions that kept the success rate to approximately 20 percent until the last week of June. Cold related injuries more than doubled from the previous year, effecting 11 percent of all the Mount McKinley climbers. The High Latitude Research Project was funded this season. Their camp at 14,200’ on the West Buttress was staffed from late April through late June. In addition to continuing past projects, the researchers began investigations into the effect of altitude upon brain function. As in past years7 their talented staff assisted in and/or coordinated a number of rescues. Transportation of the project to and from the mountain was provided by the U.S. Army, 242nd Aviation Company, Ft. Wainwright, Alaska. Doctor Peter Hackett will submit a summary of the research results from the High Latitude Project for inclusion in the 1986 American Alpine Journal.
  • A Visit to Alaska

    A Visit to Alaska

    A VISIT TO ALASKA A VISIT TO ALASKA BY ERIC SHIPTON (Three illustrations: nos. 25- 27) WAS not sorry that the weather on June 23 "'Tas too bad for even Don Sheldon to fly us in, so I \vas able to catch up on some sleep in Don' s hangar, which serves as a kind of climbers' club hut. The delay meant that it took me all of two days to travel from London to the high glacier combe in the western part of the Alaska Range. Adams Carter had invited me to join the expedition he had planned for the summer vacation of 1966, and to cover my expenses Bob Bates had arranged for me to give a fe\v lectures in the Eastern States on my way home from Patagonia in the spring. So I left Copenhagen at 5 p.m. on June 22 and arrived at Anchorage at 2.30 the same afternoon, after an eight-hour flight over the Arctic, which provided some splendid views of the north coast of Green­ land and the pack-ice, and of Mount McKinley and its major satellites standing above a cloud-sea. In Anchorage I was met by Ad, Bob and other members of the party and, after a delightful dinner given for us by the Mountaineering Club of Alaska, we set out on the Ioo-mile drive to Talkeetna which vve reached early the following morning. Talkeetna, with its single wide, muddy (or dusty) street flanked by wooden houses, saloons and liquor stores, is a replica of the standard Western film set.