In this week’s Nugget, we find out about the temporary cosmopolitan community that springs up each year at Kahiltna Base Camp, where hundreds of Alaska Range climbers fly in and out. Host Laura Wright has an in-studio conversation with Denali National Park South District Ranger John Leonard, we hear sound clips from camp, as well as a live call from base camp “mother”, Lisa Roderick, up there in the snow at 7,200 feet.

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