Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Summit Flight of Mt. Mckinley


I was at work on Sunday when we were informed that Denali Air needed to fill two seats.  So myself and my co-worker, Luke, jumped on the opportunity and hit the skies.  We traveled the the 80 miles to get there going through the clouds then it broke free into the blue air.  We circled the summit 6 plus times.  We saw the base camp located at 17,000 feet where the climbers make their final ascent.  We could even see climbers.  The mountain is so huge.  Around the mountain we flew at 134 miles per hour and it took minutes to get around it.  
The trip was capped with the older couple proposing on the summit point of the flight!  Also, for employees the trip is free, just tip only.  It was great to fly in the Alaskan territory!

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