Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Mt McKinley was Friday 24 July 2009

Here are about 4 dozen pictures.  Most of them speak for themselves.

 

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Mt McKinley from a distance. I got about 20 more pictures to include when we flew within 500 feet.  Why do I know it was 500 feet.  The airplane’s warning devices were going off.  Mt McKinley is 20,920 feet and I believe every inch of it.  AWSOME.  DSC_0053

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We are coming in for a glacier landing in the vicinity of Mt McKinley.  WHOA…DSC_0146

 

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These two people are about a mile from the rock mountain.  This can give you a rough idea out big everything is in these pictures.DSC_0197

 

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A snow storm came in while we were on the glacier.  The weather changed in less than 5 minutes and we left quickly.DSC_0212

 

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AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME.

Two items off my (Dennis) bucket list for Alaska and one to go.

See Ya……

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