Tres Chicas: Here’s to Flexibility!
When one or two people tell us we have to do this or that, we note it and see if it fits in. By the time the sixth person told us we have to raft "the Fu" we decided to escape the heat of summer and stop off in Futaleufu to take on the world famous...
Lonnie Retreats Day 17
After 16 days on North America’s Tallest mountain, including past 7 days spent in a 4×4 snow cave from brutal weather, Lonnie Dupre on Friday abandoned his effort to become the first person to scale Denali alone in the month of January.Lonnie spent 7 days...
Lonnie stuck in snow cave with 97mph winds
Lonnie called in throughout last night reporting heavy winds. NOAA Aviation was reporting gusts up to 97mph throughout the night and early morning hours today.At about 1:30am this morning Lonnie spent an entire hour in the heavy winds outside securing gear and making...
Day 15 -72 degrees Windchill
Unfortunately the winds did not subside as we had hoped. Lonnie woke up to to -30F and 45mph winds bringing the temperature down to a bitter -72F. Below is an audio update from Lonnie Dupre early this morning in his snow cave.Lonnie will spend the day “cleaning...
Lonnie Dupre Day 14 — Windy Weather
The day started at 5am this morning… milling over weather and trying to decide what to do. The early morning calm winds ended, picking up right as Lonnie was dressed and ready to start the climb to 17,200ft. Unfortunately they were bad enough to prevent him...
Lonnie Day 13 – Rest!
Lonnie is taking a day off to rest due to high wind and cold temperature. He’s only two travel days away from the summit, but will need ideal travel conditions for these two, very long days.Dupre remains in good spirits and is well rested now. His toes...
Day 12 Lonnie has some minor frostbite
We (Dmitri & Stevie) had the excitement of flying over Lonnie today with captain Paul Roderick from Talkeetna Air Taxi. The picture above is of Lonnie under fixed lines making his way up the Headwall at around 1:30pm. Temperature on the mountain ranged from -50F...
Day 11 LONNIE
Lonnie woke up to -60F windchill weather this morning outside of his snow cave at 14,200ft. On the bright side the sun was out without a cloud in the sky. He spent today organizing gear, food and fuel for high camp. Lonnie will spend tomorrow taxiing three quarters of...
Jon Bowermaster revisits Antactica
ASC wishes board member Jon Bowermaster a safe journey to the Antarctic Peninsula where he will be filming "Wild Antarctica 3-D" We are once again off for the Antarctic Peninsula, this time armed with 3D cameras.Production of “Wild Antarctica 3D”...
Lonnie Day 10
Happy New Year from Denali!It’s 9pm Alaska time on New Year’s Eve and Lonnie is just calling in after one long day. He finished building his snow trench at around 8:15pm this evening and is now working on getting dinner started.Lonnie spent the day working...