Photo: The small specs in this image is Grand Marais climber Lonnie Dupre with his sled as he heads for basecamp. Credit: One World Endeavors
Extreme cold, dwindling food factor into Lonnie Dupre’s decision to turn back.
Mount McKinley 3, Lonnie Dupre 0.
A day that dawned with the possibility of a rare wintertime summit of Mount McKinley instead became the day a Minnesota adventurer abandoned his attempt to reach the top of North America’s tallest peak for the third straight year.
Beautiful, long and hard day on the mountain. Having left 14.2K camp shortly after 8:30am, Lonnie didn’t reach his goal and destination for today until 12 hours later at approximately 8:30pm.
Image by One World Endevors
Arctic explorer Lonnie Dupre has just under 2,000 vertical feet between him and the summit of Alaska’s Mt. Mckinley.
It was a rest day for Lonnie at 14.2K camp, he must acclimate before continuing on. He spent the day charging electronics and organizing for when he begins taxing gear up to 16K. Weather permitting, he will begin to do so in the next couple of days.
via One World Endeavors.
Lonnie Dupre’s January solo summit of Denali’s Mount McKinley has been thwarted twice before. Food shortages and fatigue are major challenges when you are dealing with winter in Denali.
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Lonnie Dupre emerges from his plane at base camp and begins Denali ascent. Credit: One World Endeavors
Grand Marais Arctic explorer Lonnie Dupre is one step closer to being the first person to solo summit Alaska’s Denali, known also as Mount McKinley, in January. Poor flying conditions kept Dupre off of the mountain until now. (more…)
Lonnie Dupre is in a holding pattern. The Minnesota adventurer is in Alaska waiting to fly to the beginning of his one month solo Denali trip up Mt. McKinley where winds regularly exceed 100 mph.
“Good afternoon from overcast Talkeetna! We are in a holding pattern due to high winds that you can see in this NOAA chart. In order to safely land on Kahiltna glacier where the base camp is located at 7200ft, we need the wind to be below 20mph or so.” via One World Endeavors.
