2. NABMA

Denali 2011

Denali (aka Mt McKinley) is the highest point of North America at 6.194 meters or 20,320 ft.
This was the first ascent by a Bosnian on Skies. We sumitted on 7777: July 7th, 2011 at 7:07pm.
Denali is located inside the North polar circle (60 degrees) with latitude of 63 dg north, meaning: has extreme climate conditions.
This ascent is very physically demanding.
But everything was done in just "one day" - 3 weeks long...
Since I left Phoenix, AZ on June 21st, i haven't seen night until came back on July 12th.
It was all one long...looong day!
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    July 9th (Day #17). We moved to lower camp at ~1am. Durney and me put one South African climber (Donald), who experienced chest pain, between us. We were at C1 (7,800 ft = 2.377m) at ~4am. It was unusually warm: 58F or 14C! Since crevasse hazard was elevated, we spent the whole day in C1 waiting on colder temperatures. Some groups were playing "snow volleyball"...
    ... we were playing cards. July 10th (Day #18) - the same story - warm!!!
    July 11th (Day #19). Around 1am, it looked like colder front was coming. At ~3:30am we were ready for the final push towards BC (7,200ft = 2.195m).