Tag: Denali
Denali Climbing Season Wrapping Up
There are only a couple hundred people left on the mountain and only a few left to check in at the Talkeetna Ranger station to start their climbs.
Body of Missing Climber Found on Denali
The body of a missing climber has been found on Denali. Mountaineering rangers using a high-powered spotting scope located Juergen Kanzian's body yesterday.
Alaska News Nightly: July 1, 2011
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Park Service Launches Search for Denali Climber
National Park Service climbing rangers on Denali are in the midst of performing their first real search of the 2011 climbing season.
Pioneering Climber to Recall Deadly Mt. McKinley Excursion
One of the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount McKinley from the South Buttress route is back in Alaska to tell his story. George Argus reached the peak with a team of men in 1954. He nearly didn’t make it back alive. Alaska News Nightly: June 27, 2011
State House Still Mulling Over Coastal Management Program, Hoonah Gets Federal Funds for Broadband Internet, ACS Goes ‘4G’Crash Near Beluga Lake Kills Pilot, and more...
Mountain Sickness Keeps Ranger Patrol Busy
The Denali rescue helicopter was busy last night taking care of patients high on Mt. McKinley. In three separate incidents, one climbing patrol had to deal with mountaineers suffering from severe acute mountain sickness.
Alaska News Nightly: June 7, 2011
Copies of Palin’s Emails Will Be Available to Public, British Ambassador Takes First Trip to Alaska, DOD releases IDs of soldiers killed in Afghanistan, Mountain Sickness Keeps Ranger Patrol Busy, and more...
Fall Kills Two More Denali Climbers, Injures Two Others
A fatal fall high on Denali took the lives of two climbers late Wednesday night and severely injured two others. These are the third and fourth deaths on the mountain this year, with seven deaths overall in the Alaska Range this climbing season.
Alaska News Nightly: May 26, 2011
Fall Kills Two More Denali Climbers, Injures Two Others, Postal Service Cuts May Affect Juneau Residents, Coal Creek Fire Grows to 3,000 Acres, Near-Record High Temperatures Sweep Across Central Interior, and more...