by Adventure Scientists | Jan 8, 2012 | lonnie dupre, mountaineering
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...
by Adventure Scientists | Jan 7, 2012 | mountaineering
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...
by Adventure Scientists | Jan 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
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...
by Adventure Scientists | Jan 5, 2012 | mountaineering
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...
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...
