by Adventure Scientists | Jan 4, 2012 | adventure, lonnie dupre, mountaineering
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...
by Adventure Scientists | Jan 3, 2012 | lonnie dupre, mountaineering
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...
by Adventure Scientists | Jan 2, 2012 | lonnie dupre, mountaineering
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...
by Adventure Scientists | Jan 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
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...
by Adventure Scientists | Jan 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
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...
