Mats Roing
New member
Team members:
Frodo
Go
Hamtero
Arm
Stinkyfeet
Jeff Stone
Rob Kettels (Australia)
Mats Roing
The team name is chosen in memory of Neil's son Dominic who's life was
tragically shortened by an avalanche in Lake Louise, Canada, in
January 2008. We will be attempting to carry Dominic's ice axe to the
summit. Though Dom can't be with us physically, we will be bringing
him along in both spirit and in memory...
We are going unguided, which caused us to spend the past 6 months
planning out every little detail from what air service to use to how
many wands to bring, but we are ready to go.
We were originally ten members but Charles Steele from Michigan had to
undergo surgery and cannot participate. And recently Thom Davis (Dr. D)
had to withdraw due to a hip injury.
The West Buttress Route is our choice of route and it's the "normal
route" up the mountain:
http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/zoom.html?r=akdewbut
http://classic.mountainzone.com/climbing/99/denali/map-climbingroute.html
Training has been going well through the winter and spring with both
technical and physical training. The White Mountains and Baxter State
Park in winter make for some excellent Denali training. Several
members of the team also spent 3 days training on Mt. Shasta in April.
Rob Kettels have been training a lot in the New Zealand Alps in the
last year including a summit of Mt. Cook, the tallest peak in NZ. Rob
Kettels is the only team member without White Mountain experience. He
and Mats summited Aconcagua in 2006. He has also Elbrus and Mont Blanc
under his belt among other peaks.
We will have a satellite phone so this thread will be periodically
updated with our progress via Chinook Trail, and a few others.
Looking forward to the see you all again when we’ll get back and the
goal is to celebrate that everyone gets back alive and well. Summiting
is a subordinate goal.
Team Dom
Frodo
Go
Hamtero
Arm
Stinkyfeet
Jeff Stone
Rob Kettels (Australia)
Mats Roing
The team name is chosen in memory of Neil's son Dominic who's life was
tragically shortened by an avalanche in Lake Louise, Canada, in
January 2008. We will be attempting to carry Dominic's ice axe to the
summit. Though Dom can't be with us physically, we will be bringing
him along in both spirit and in memory...
We are going unguided, which caused us to spend the past 6 months
planning out every little detail from what air service to use to how
many wands to bring, but we are ready to go.
We were originally ten members but Charles Steele from Michigan had to
undergo surgery and cannot participate. And recently Thom Davis (Dr. D)
had to withdraw due to a hip injury.
The West Buttress Route is our choice of route and it's the "normal
route" up the mountain:
http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/zoom.html?r=akdewbut
http://classic.mountainzone.com/climbing/99/denali/map-climbingroute.html
Training has been going well through the winter and spring with both
technical and physical training. The White Mountains and Baxter State
Park in winter make for some excellent Denali training. Several
members of the team also spent 3 days training on Mt. Shasta in April.
Rob Kettels have been training a lot in the New Zealand Alps in the
last year including a summit of Mt. Cook, the tallest peak in NZ. Rob
Kettels is the only team member without White Mountain experience. He
and Mats summited Aconcagua in 2006. He has also Elbrus and Mont Blanc
under his belt among other peaks.
We will have a satellite phone so this thread will be periodically
updated with our progress via Chinook Trail, and a few others.
Looking forward to the see you all again when we’ll get back and the
goal is to celebrate that everyone gets back alive and well. Summiting
is a subordinate goal.
Team Dom
