Denali expedition
When we sit comfortably in a chair, enjoying a glass of red wine or putting our shoes while hurrying for Friday’s cross-fit, we do not realize often that simple and trivial activities in certain circumstances become difficult to reach. Such a goal is Denali (formerly Mount McKinley) – the highest mountain in North America – for Szymek and Łukasz and for Inga, Igor and their closest relatives is to overcome the incurable disease. As soon as the brave mountaineers heard of the brave young girl and boy who struggle with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), they decided to dedicate every step of their climb to sick kids with SMA.
Ekipa wyprawy na Denali
Łukasz
Enthusiast of mountains and mountain adventures, traveler. Organizer of highland expeditions in the Himalayas, Pamir, Hindu Kush. Every day with passion and for six years he has been writing popular travel blog Kartka z Podróży. The mountains fascinated him in early childhood, when he saw snow-covered Swinnica from Kasprowy Wierch. Passion for travel, photography and mountains pushed him consistently to pursue ever more interesting projects. For many years now he has been climbing in our Polish Tatras and in high mountains all over the world.
Szymek
Student of physiotherapy, traveler. The founder of the project: Nie Przestawaj Marzyć, which aims to motivate people – regardless of age, gender and wealthy – to consistently realize their dreams and be stubborn in realizing their goals. Since childhood he has been dedicated to sport that gives him joy, satisfaction, and a lot of emotion. Denali will be his fifth summit in his unbroken path to the Seven Summits. Szymon believes that the limitations are only in our minds and that one needs to want and look with passion to realize even most demanding goals.
Peppa Pig
The third member of the expedition to Denali is Peppa Pig, the favorite cartoon character of Inga. Inga is suffering from spinal muscle atrophy, and her motion development has been very limited. Peppa goes to Denali on behalf of Inga, who is not able to move on her own at the moment. This time we have prepared a warm cap and scarf for Peppa to better handle harsh winter conditions during the expedition.
Duś Lamb
Duś Lamb is a friend of Igorek, who like Inga is suffering from SMA. Duś has a lot in common with Igor. He is stubborn and brave. He will certainly do anything to climb the highest peak of North America – Denali. As you can see Duś has also very good outdoor clothes to handle the sub-polar climate zone.
The highest peak in North America
Denali (formerly Mount McKinley) is the highest peak in Cordillera and in North America. The mountain is also of certain importance to Polish mountaineering. It was at Denali in 1974 that Jerzy Kukuczka struggled for the first time with the hardships of high-altitude expeditions, which caused severe frostbite and high altitude sickness. It is believed that the weather conditions on the highest peaks of Alrts&&"undefined"!=typeof module?module.exports=e():"function"==typeof define&&define.amd?define(e):(t="undefined"!=typeof globalThis?globalThis:t||self).LazyLoad=e()}(this,function(){"use strict";function e(){return(e=Object.assign||function(t){for(var e=1;e