The June 12 Team got up early this morning (2am Alaska Time), packed up camp and moved on up to Camp 1. Teams will often move at night, or early in the morning on the lower Kahiltna Glacier this time of year to avoid the heat of the day and travel when the snow surface…
The June 12 Denali West Buttress team is in Talkeetna on a beautiful day and ready to fly into basecamp! They will stop by the National Park Service office and check in, then head over to the local airstrip and await their flight to the glacier. It’s looking good and they should be spending the…
A group of climbers from around the world have gathered in Anchorage to forge themselves into a team that will attempt to climb the highest peak in North America. Denali, at 20,310 feet (6190 m), is arguably the hardest of the famed Seven Summits, due in part to it’s location just south of the Arctic…