The West Buttress (Photos)

Here are some pictures showing the most well-traveled route to the summit of Denali. We will hunker in at the Genet Basin at roughly 14,000 feet.

Welcome

"Turn around and give up on your goal."

*How would it feel to have someone to tell you to give up? 
*Would you listen?

At times it is important to throw caution to the wind, but in mountaineering--especially at extreme altitudes--that can be deadly. That is one of the principle reasons we received funding for our research to Denali, North America's tallest mountain.

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A view of Mt. Rainer on the horizon from Mt. Stuart as a rain squall approaches. Even at the relatively moderate altitudes of the Pacific Northwest Cascades, poor decisions can become serious in a matter of minutes. July 2011. Photo: Pat Bagley

Adapting techniques used in hospitals for cardiopulmonary patients, our research hopes to form objective measurements that helps climbers know when it is safe to proceed upwards when high-altitude hypoxia is a predictable danger.

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