Pilot, hunter, fisher, Ray
Pilot, hunter, fisher, Ray,
originally uploaded by Peru Tha Damaja.
I took a train yesterday to Denali and got to the hostel by early evening. I slept like a rock in one of their tents and this morning rolled out of bed and out for breakfast when Leslie, a fellow hosteler, said “we’re going on a flightseeing tour of Denali - would you like to come?” I thought about it for a second and realized the cost was being split three ways and said “Sure!” “Great - the driver will be here in 20 minutes.” I scrambled to get my wits and get what I’d need ready and we hit the road. We had an incredibly lucky day of visibility. The summit of Denali, also called Mount McKinley, is obscured by clouds for 80% of summer - today we could clearly see it from the road on the way to the airplane. We flew in a tiny Cessna with Ray Atkins for a little over an hour before coming back. I’ve finally got a few pictures of the trip up and will be putting them in my Flickr Alaska collection.