Well the team made really good time, perhaps motivated by thoughts of food that was not prepared over a camp stove and beverages not made from melted snow. They arrived at Base Camp earlier today and caught a flight out to Talkeetna with our friends at Talkeetna Air Taxi. The team will spend the night…
The weather improved a bit this afternoon and the team was able to start their descent from high camp after a delay. They are at Camp 3 (14,200 ft) for the evening and intend to continue their descent early in the morning and hope to be in base camp in just another day or so.
The team had hoped to descend down the ridge to 14,200′, but a windy, snowy storm settled on high camp before they could start to head down the mountain. They decided that there is no reason to push things, so they settled back into their tents and are waiting for the weather to improve. They…
Kim called in to report that the team arrived back at high camp around midnight last night after a successful summit bid. Everyone ate and slept, and now they are packing up and heading down to 14,000 ft camp. Kim reports everyone is happy, healthy, and doing well! Here’s Kim: recording
The entire team is standing on the summit of Denali now (about 7 pm AK time)!!! It’s been a beautiful day and they are doing great. They’re enjoying the views from the top for a few more minutes and then heading back down to high camp. Congratulations!! Listen to Sebastian calling from the top of…
We just received word that the June 15th team is leaving high camp for the summit! The team reports great weather, calm winds and beautiful skies. Our thoughts will be with the team as they dig deep to find the strength to make it to the summit.
The team is at high camp enjoying a beautiful day and getting ready for the summit tomorrow. The weather up high has been perfect and they hope it stays that way for a little while longer. Here’s Kim with the call from 17,200 ft. recording
The team moved up to high camp yesterday and took the day today to recover, acclimate, and get ready to go to the top tomorrow. They sound great and we got some personal messages from most of the team tonight, so enjoy. recording
The June 15th team moved up to high camp today. It was a big day for the crew as they gained about 3,000 ft carrying big loads and negotiating the steepest sections of the route today. They are all doing great and settled in for the night and expect to take a day to recover…
Kim Grant called in to give us all an update on the progress of the team. They loaded up food, fuel and supplies and carried loads up the steepest section of the route today, making a cache on the beautiful ridge line at about 16,400′. The route out of camp ascends moderately steep snow slopes,…