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Denali, but make it look GOOD. 

This year's Denali Expedition may be impossible to beat. We worked hard, played harder, and created memories that will last a lifetime. 

Here's a little ADHD Reel throwback to Team 5's time on the West Buttress. A successful ascent of the tallest mountain in North America. 💅🏼🎉💃🏼

Couldn't have done it without my fantastic guide team @isabellewassilie & @rossmaestroerickson , the @alpineinstitute or to all the climbers who joined us this year on our adventure. 

Anyone interested in West Buttress expeds or learning any and all climbing skills should DM one of us. 

We got you fam.

#guidelife #mountains #denali #sevensummits #highlights
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26 days ago I could not have imagined a Denali Expedition going as well as this one did. After a couple of days of off the mountain rest and way too much eating I've had a chance to sit and reflect.

We created something special over those 19 days on the West Buttress and a big reason why I didn't want to start this post off with a summit photo. This was my 9th expedition up the big one and over all that time I've definitely learned that for me it's not about the few minutes on the top during a month long journey. It's about the bonds created along the way, the challenge, the glory, the laughs, the sadness, the impromptu guided meditations in the cook tent, the smell of incense, the individuals and their surmounting of incredible odds. It's about so much and yet so little. And that's why it's special. 

So here's a compilation of photos (mostly from Tyson, @restlesscrusade ) starting out with where we might have spent the longest time, the cook tent.

I won't soon forget this team, this mountain, this experience that we all shared on the flanks of the tallest mountain in North America. Thanks for letting me lead y'all and I hope to see y'all once again in the snow and the mountains. 💜

1. The Cook Tent, "Spaceship Keron"
2. Team 5 on the Summit Ridge.
3. Moments away from the tallest spot in N.A.
4. Deep into the descent. The "Vision Quest".
5. George is psyched waiting for the plane. 
6. Cache me outside. 17,000' Camp. 
7. The 16k' Ridge. Another cache me outside. 
8. Izzy, Ross, and Myself leading the move to H.C.
9. Waiting for us to dig a cache for an hour in ice. 
10. 11,000' camp. When we still rested....
11. Ruby looking epic. 
12. Post 13 hour summit. Darkness falls at 17k'.
13. Descending the 16k ridge. 

#denali #mountaintalk
#mountains #sevensummits
#guidelife
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