The June 17th team is safely in base camp awaiting a flight to Talkeetna after an epic 11 hour slog through 3 feet of new snow. Yesterday it snowed and snowed, making it slow going, but the team toughed it out. They will be rewarded with a hot meal and a cold beverage, soon!
They are working their way down the mountain, but once again the weather isn’t cooperating with the climbers, and they are at 7,800 ft waiting for the snow to stop before continuing to base camp. They descended to Camp 1 late last night, and set up tents as the snowfall intensity picked up. It continued…
The weather remained un cooperative up high on Denali over the last few days, and with a continued forecast of high winds the team made the decision to descend late yesterday. They spent last night at Camp 3 at 14,000 ft and plan to continue their descent towards base camp after breakfast this morning. Cason…
The June 17th team is holding steady at high camp, waiting for an opportunity for a summit bid. Heavy cloud cover, wind and light snowfall has kept the team hunkered down. Waiting for the weather to clear is a difficult part of an expedition, and a good book sure comes in handy! We will keep…
The June 17th team is at high camp again tonight after waiting out a stormy day on the mountain. It was a cold and windy day today, but they are hopeful that tomorrow will be better and they’ll get their summit chance soon. Here’s Nancy with the call from high camp tonight. recording
Sylvia called in a very nice post this evening from the camp at 17,200′ (5244m). It snowed today, and the team rested from their big day making a push up the ridge to their high camp. It is common to plan on spending a day resting and acclimatizing before considering making a bid for the…
The June 17th team moved up to high camp yesterday. It was a big day for the crew as they gained about 3,000 ft and negotiated the steepest sections of the route. Shlomo Waser made the a difficult decision to turn around, and he and guides Ted and Ian are heading back down the mountain.…
They spent the day today resting and preparing for the big move to high camp tomorrow. They’ll get one more night to acclimatize to the altitude before moving up to the 17,200 ft high camp. Sounds like they are doing great and getting lucky with the weather! Here’s Ian with the evening call from Camp…
The team carried loads of food and fuel up to the ridge leading to high camp at 16,200 ft today where they cached their gear and dropped back down to Camp 3. It’s always a big day as they climb up some of the steepest terrain on the route, including the icy slope leading to…
The team took a day to rest, acclimatize, and practice some skills they’ll need for the upper mountain today. They hope to carry a load of food and fuel up to cache on the ridge at 16,400 ft tomorrow and they’ll encounter some of the steeper sections of the W. Buttress route along the way. …