Denali Summit?
I've got this group of cousins and friends. We take an annual adrenaline and testosterone adventure for a number of years and during our brainstorming I decide to shoot my mouth off and show them a pi...
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DiskDoctr wrote:
I appreciate all the good suggestions and advice. Mt. Whitney sounds like a reasonable compromise.
Pushing to the highest peak in the contiguous US but not needing all the mountaineering gear up front sounds like great practice, allowing us to push out the McKinley peak to next year for more skills, gear, and experience.
I'll have to chat with the guys.
Just so you know, there is an additional well known trail for Mt Whitney called "The Mountaineer's route" It is 7mi and class 3 instead of 11mi hike, and significantly more challenging! There are also several lesser known mountaineering routs of various difficulty.
