The team made it to base camp early this morning and lined up to hop on a flight to Talkeetna. They’ll get something to eat and then head back to Anchorage this evening for a shower and a warm bed. Congratulations on a great effort Suzanne! and welcome back.
The weather cleared today after the extended stormy period. The climbers started for high camp this morning, but Suzanne developed a cough and unfortunately needed to turn around. They descended back to 14,000ft camp to reassess and decided Suzanne needed to head on down. It’s certainly a frustrating outcome after sticking it out for over…
If wishing could change the weather, our teams at Camp 3 would be moving up to high camp today, but unfortunately the weather isn’t so cooperative. It was another day of wind up high and snow, but things began to settle down as the day wore on leaving them with some hope of moving up…
Nick Aiello called in from 14,200′ (4328m) with a report of heavy snowfall today, which kept the guides busy. His report makes it sound like the “Guides All-Star Shoe Band,” featuring Jack on the snow saw, Sean on the grain scoop, Nick on the shovel and Suzanne holding down the tent! 90 km winds and…
JY is in Talkeetna, having made a safe descent from 14k. Suzanne and her guide team are at camp 3 and plan to move up to high camp as soon as the weather improves.
A change of plans: JY has decided to descend down to basecamp and off of Denali; he sustained a sprained ankle yesterday, the injury precluded him from climbing higher. He is descending with a Mountain Trip guide and plans to be in basecamp tomorrow. The rest of the team will continue up higher from camp…
Yesterday the team carried a load of food and high altitude gear up the fixed lines to 16,400′ to cache some gear. Today they plan to rest at camp 3 and prepare for the ascent to high camp.
Two guides, Sean and Jack, carried a load of food and gear to the bottom of the fixed lines yesterday. Today they plan to all move up as an expedition, traveling up the fixed lines to about 16,400′ to acclimatize and hop their gear cache a little higher.
Sean called in a somewhat garbled recording from the big camp at 14,200′, but it sounds like they moved up in good conditions and everyone is doing really well. It sounds like steak tacos are on the menu for tonight, and I expect they will sleep well after the big day moving up from 11,200′…