Forty Below | Denali, Alaska (17,200') | Jason Weiss Photography

Sunset at Denali High Camp at 17,200. — Forty Below

Denali, Alaska (17,200')

***Sunset photographed from high camp on Denali (17,200'), during a three week expedition in one of the coldest and harshest environments on Earth.*** This image was taken at midnight and it's a night I'll never forget. ***The wind chill was forty below zero that evening.*** It was relentless... I've been fortunate to be on a lot of mountains, and nothing comes close to the frigid environment up high on Denali. Frostbite is a common occurrence up here, and I had to be extremely careful while exposing myself to the elements to get the shot. Given it was midnight and unbearable outside, everyone else in the camp was in their tents. I put on every article of clothing I had, and braced myself for the arctic conditions. My batteries would only last minutes in the cold so I had to always have a backup ready in my down jacket. I then had to remove my mittens to switch out the batteries, and then immediately put the mitten back on as my hand would often be numb within seconds. Getting the image was laborious, but the scene was incredible. **How special to be** ***above the clouds near the apex of North America.***

Sleeping up here was miserable. Everything in the tent completely froze unless you had it well protected in your sleeping bag. Our team was running very low on water, as the brutal winds made it too unsafe to venture outside, shovel snow, and melt it for drinking. Little water meant no hot meals when it was well below zero. **I remember sitting in the tent, cold as can be, eating uncooked ramen noodles, all while the tent walls were rattling in the wind. As you can imagine, it was a night of torment.**
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