First post: the objective

This is the chronicle of our journey to climb the Cassin Ridge (Alaska Grade V, 5.8, AI 4), an 8,000' line up Mt. Mckinley.  We're not sponsored climbers, we're mostly broke, and we've never attempted an objective of this scale before. So with all that it mind... it should be one hell of an adventure.  It's September 4th, and there are a whole bunch of obstacles lying between us and our objective. Stay tuned.

Here's a Washburn photo, with the Cassin marked in red: