The standard season for Denali is May through July and we are now entering the meat of the months where people will be progressing their training to be prepared for climbing in the Alaska range this season. This discussion was before I had gone to Denali and in a future episode, I’ll do a recap of that trip and lessons learned. 

Scott is an incredibly accomplished and humble about what he has done in the mountains. Other than saying that He is the Author of Training for the Uphill Athlete and Training for the New Alpinism, which are the primary training manuals that mountain athletes leverage.

This discussion was recorded a few years ago and is on the Tactical Alpinism YouTube channel but I have not released it on the Podcast. There is some, minor dated information, and for example, the Park service changed the regulations and now allow guide services to do some travel on Denali on Skis in specific circumstances.

This conversation occurred live with questions at the end. I think doing podcasts with this component could be really cool, I’m curious to hear if you’d be interested in that kind of setup for some   future episodes. Shoot me an email to [email protected] or DM @tacticalalpinism.

Denali Routes: https://caltopo.com/m/9QHDJ/STJDT025A7L12PV1