Only took me seven years to write …
Denali 2015: The Ecstasy and the Agony
Only took me seven years to write …
Denali 2015: The Ecstasy and the Agony
Good read. Definitely a good expose of the dynamics of climbing in a large, guided group.
"I'm getting up and going to work everyday and I am stoked. That does not suck!"__Shane McConkey
Thanks for checking it out.
That was great! I really like your writing style. Thanks for sharing this.
Great work, it goes back to the days when the hiking forum was just a part of VFTT with a very active climbing forum.
Appreciate that guys! When I was writing it, I wasn’t sure if I was going to post the link anywhere. But I ultimately decided I needed to just put it out there. Process has been kind of cathartic for me.
I thought that it belonged in an issue of Appalachia from times past. Back when it had articles on expeditions to faraway places, the issues were about twice as thick as today, and...was included with your AMC membership.
That was a great read! As much as I would like to do something like that, I think I'm better off staying at lower altitudes. That HACE freaks me out!
Thanks Rhody!
There is certainly a lot to be said for our far more reasonable Northeastern mountain altitudes.
Never really seriously thought something like that would have happened to me though. Ambition and overconfidence are definitely not a good combo.
Thank you for sharing your story!
Likewise, thank you for the great write-up. I can understand why it took 7 years before deciding to put it to words, and I really appreciate you being so open about it. We are all mere mortals, each with our strengths and weaknesses.
Appreciate the time you took to read and comment, TEO and Salty!
Read every word and looked at every photo. Spellbinding and written in the best mountaineering style trip report. Thank you for sharing this with us.
"The fact that going off the deep end appears
to be a requisite to doing anything of consequence
in this life has not escaped me." Jim Harrison
Really great report! It reminded me of this book "Minus 148 degrees" that I read a while back. Personally, I know my limits (which are much lower) and I'm generally pretty careful not to exceed them.
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