Mt. McKinley is once again Denali
President Obama has just changed the name of the mountain: Article on renaming So will they now start to call it "McKinley National Park?" And in other news, the president will once again be ...
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" For the one that took their picture standing on the summit, very impressive and where is your oxygen mask ? "
Bottled oxygen is rarely used by any mountaineers outside the highest peaks in the Himalaya's (other than rescue or medical emergencies). Even on Everest where almost everyone uses supplemental oxygen, they only start using it above camp 3, approx. 24,000 ft. I've climbed a dozen peaks over 20,000 ft and never used bottled oxygen. Unless you're staying up there over 20,000 for an extended duration its not needed. You do need to be very careful to acclimatize your body to the altitude, by going up very slow and using the yo yo technique of carrying a load up to a higher camp then returning to the lower camp to sleep before moving back up.
On Denali for example, we only had 4 camps (base camp where the plane lands on the glacier, and 3 high camps) but yet it took us 18 days to reach the summit due to this back & forth, waiting for all team members to acclimatize and waiting for the right weather conditions.
Bottled oxygen is rarely used by any mountaineers outside the highest peaks in the Himalaya's (other than rescue or medical emergencies). Even on Everest where almost everyone uses supplemental oxygen, they only start using it above camp 3, approx. 24,000 ft. I've climbed a dozen peaks over 20,000 ft and never used bottled oxygen. Unless you're staying up there over 20,000 for an extended duration its not needed. You do need to be very careful to acclimatize your body to the altitude, by going up very slow and using the yo yo technique of carrying a load up to a higher camp then returning to the lower camp to sleep before moving back up.
On Denali for example, we only had 4 camps (base camp where the plane lands on the glacier, and 3 high camps) but yet it took us 18 days to reach the summit due to this back & forth, waiting for all team members to acclimatize and waiting for the right weather conditions.
