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...
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 | Dec 30, 2011 | lonnie dupre, mountaineering
Yesterday Danial Doty with Talkeetna Air Taxi happened to fly over Lonnie and captured this wonderful image of him and his sled traveling up to 11,200ft.Today Lonnie will be taxing half of his gear up to the 12,300ft camp. He will then return to the 11,200ft...
by Adventure Scientists | Dec 29, 2011 | lonnie dupre, mountaineering
Lonnie made the long haul from 9,600ft to 11,200ft today. Weather included variable winds and limited visibility. None the less he pushed onward. It might have been something to do with spending the last 36 hours stuck inside a snow cave. On the good side, Dupre said...
