From: Truth Out
Monday, 11 July 2016 00:00
By Dahr Jamail, Truthout | Report
Monday, 11 July 2016 00:00
By Dahr Jamail, Truthout | Report
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| The summit of Denali, the highest mountain peak in North America. (Photo: Stephen Brkich) |
I recently visited Denali, the highest mountain peak in North America
and my favorite place on the planet, for the first time in 13
years. Prior to working full time as a war reporter, I lived in Alaska
for nearly a decade, where my life revolved around spending my summers
mountaineering in the Alaska Range.
Denali in particular has always been close to my heart. As an
alpinist, I take my orders from the mountains and see them as living
things. So I make my climbing plans, but then, of course, they are
always subject to the weather and route changes the mountain dictates at
any given time.
Having worked on Denali as both a guide and a volunteer rescue ranger with the National Park Service,
I've been lucky enough to have stood atop Denali several times, and the
influence the mountain has had and continues to have on my life has
been profound. MORE
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