The doctors at Ortho Indy have given my knee a clean bill of health and I will start training again on Monday, June 20th. My knee received substantial torque from the crevasse fall, but fortunately x-rays and an MRI showed that I escaped any ligament tears. I have been cleared to continue with the next [...]
I hope this message finds everyone doing well. I would like to give a very sincere thank you to everyone who sent in well wishes while I was in Alaska and on Mt. McKinley. I was able to reply to some and I will reply to all over the next few days. I was deeply [...]
After climbing the infamous “Windy Corner” to 13,500 feet to ferry supplies for the upper mountain — during white-out conditions — and while returning to the camp at 11,000, the climbing team had to negotiate the very steep decent back down MotorCycle Hill. Joe did what many climbers do – he stepped, only to feel [...]
Joe and his fellow climbers are taking the West Buttress Route to climb Mt. McKinley. Typical expeditions take anywhere from fourteen to twenty-six days. Base Camp, 7,300 feet on the Southeast fork of Kahiltna Glacier, is approximately 20 miles distant and 13,000 feet below the summit of Denali, South Peak, at 20,320. The team travels [...]
Click on the link below to hear Joe’s third audio report from Mt. McKinley! Audio Clip 3 — June 3 Hello. This is Joe Lawson with Expedition Hope calling from Mt. McKinley/Denali. It’s Friday, the 3rd of June. The team has reached 11,000 feet. We are at the base of “Motorcycle Hill.” We’ll be going [...]
On Thursday, Joe an his fellow climbers reached 11,000 feet, climbing from Camp 2 to stay at Camp 3, just below “Motorcycle Hill.” Joe said, “It’s been tough, but I’m feeling really proud so far. I wish you could see the world at 11,000 feet …the snow walls here … it’s incredible; I’m so excited [...]
Click on the link below to hear Joe’s second audio report from the Mt. McKinley’s snowy terrain! AudioClip2 Hi, this is Joe Lawson with Expedition Hope. It’s Tuesday the 31st at 2:10 in the afternoon, Alaska-time. Joe with Expedition Hope again. The team has now reached 9,700 feet. We are just above “Ski Hill.” Unfortunately, [...]