Ice Climbing, Mt Baker September 2011
(Adam - middle right of picture) |
DENALI WEST BUTTRESS - 2012Welcome to our newly renovated website that has been idle since our sailing adventures of 2008-2010. We now hope to bring updates via this website to friends and family as Adam attempts to climb to the top of North America via the West Buttress route. Mt McKinley, or Denali, is perhaps one of the more challenging adventures that our family has undertaken - Adam on the mountain, and Emily, Sophie, William and Gracie at home supporting and willing him hopefully to the summit.
In order to follow his progress, Adam is carrying a Spot Satellite Messenger which tracks his location throughout the expedition. You can see where he is by clicking on Location in the menu. In addition, he will hopefully be reporting back via phone daily. Basecamp, back in Steinbach Manitoba, will provide his updates via the Blog. Lastly, you can send a message for free to Adam on the mountain via the message link to the left. Simply copy this number 31591275 and paste it into the "to" field after 8816. We expect Adam will be able to receive messages at least once a day when he turns the phone on. Messages of support, questions, jokes or just general gossip are most welcome. If you would like to know more about the mountain and the climbing route, please go to the Route Overview to get the low-down on what its like to be on the "Great One". cheers, The Macs |
Denali National Park - Alaska
From wikipedia:
The word "Denali" means "the high one" in the native Athabaskan
language and refers to the mountain itself. The mountain was named after
president William McKinley of Ohio in 1897 by local prospector William A. Dickey,
although McKinley had no connection with the region. The name is only used by
those outside of Alaska. Charles Alexander Sheldon took an interest in the Dall sheep native to the region, and became concerned that human encroachment might threaten the species. After his 1907-1908 visit, he petitioned the people of Alaska and Congress to create a preserve for the sheep. (His account of the visit was published posthumously as The Wilderness of Denali). The park was established as Mount McKinley National Park on February 26, 1917. However, only a portion of Mount McKinley (not even including the summit) was within the original park boundary. The park was designated an international biosphere reserve in 1976. Mount McKinley National Park, whose name had been subject to local criticism from the onset, and Denali National Monument were incorporated and established into Denali National Park and Preserve by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, December 2, 1980. At this time the Alaska Board of Geographic Names changed the name of the mountain back to "Denali," even though the U.S. Board of Geographic Names maintains "McKinley". Alaskans tend to use "Denali" and rely on context to distinguish between the park and the mountain. The size of the national park is over 6 million acres (24,500 km²), of which 4,724,735.16 acres (19,120 km²) are federally owned. The national preserve is 1,334,200 acres (543 km²), of which 1,304,132 acres (5,278 km²) are federally owned. On December 2, 1980, a 2,146,580 acre (8,687 km²) Denali Wilderness was established within the park
The word "Denali" means "the high one" in the native Athabaskan
language and refers to the mountain itself. The mountain was named after
president William McKinley of Ohio in 1897 by local prospector William A. Dickey,
although McKinley had no connection with the region. The name is only used by
those outside of Alaska. Charles Alexander Sheldon took an interest in the Dall sheep native to the region, and became concerned that human encroachment might threaten the species. After his 1907-1908 visit, he petitioned the people of Alaska and Congress to create a preserve for the sheep. (His account of the visit was published posthumously as The Wilderness of Denali). The park was established as Mount McKinley National Park on February 26, 1917. However, only a portion of Mount McKinley (not even including the summit) was within the original park boundary. The park was designated an international biosphere reserve in 1976. Mount McKinley National Park, whose name had been subject to local criticism from the onset, and Denali National Monument were incorporated and established into Denali National Park and Preserve by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, December 2, 1980. At this time the Alaska Board of Geographic Names changed the name of the mountain back to "Denali," even though the U.S. Board of Geographic Names maintains "McKinley". Alaskans tend to use "Denali" and rely on context to distinguish between the park and the mountain. The size of the national park is over 6 million acres (24,500 km²), of which 4,724,735.16 acres (19,120 km²) are federally owned. The national preserve is 1,334,200 acres (543 km²), of which 1,304,132 acres (5,278 km²) are federally owned. On December 2, 1980, a 2,146,580 acre (8,687 km²) Denali Wilderness was established within the park
