Solo Denali climber passes the 13,000 foot level

A Minnesota man has reached        On Thursday morning, Dupre
the 13,000 foot level of Mt.       called Talkeetna to say he
McKinley and he's blogging         had a good night's rest after
about his  dangerous solo          building a snow cave around
climb on his website.              the 12,000 foot level and
 “I am camped out at 12,400        getting out of the wind.    
feet, on a very steep pitch,”      Dupre did not bring a tent
said climber Lonnie Dupre, in      and says he intended to build
an audio blog updated Friday       snow caves every day because
morning.                           he would stay warmer that way.
Dupre has been sending             Besides a few aches and pains,
messages and photos of his         Dupre says he’s feeling good.
adventure to his website via       To hear his audio postings go
satellite phone.                   to lonniedupre.com.           

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