May 20 team: at basecamp
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May 20 team: at 14k
The May 20 team descended from high camp to camp 3 in poor weather today, beginning their descent to basecamp. The expedition will spend the night at camp 3 and descend towards basecamp as soon as they can.
May 20 team updates the world
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May 20 team: a summit
We got a relay from another Mountain Trip team at high camp: guide Eric Larson summitted with Miguel today. The rest of the team turned around before the summit. Details are thin at this point, but I do know everyone is back in camp and in good health. More details should follow soon.
May 20 Team – Sebastian calls from high camp
Sebastian called in from high camp after some of the team reached the summit of Denali! Details are not complete, but is sounds like the team made a summit push and the weather turned cold and windy. Most of the team turned back, but Miguel Madrid and Eric Larson continued on and reached the top. …
May 20 Team – Moved up to High Camp!
Eric Larson called in with a report of the team’s move up to high camp at 17,200′ (5244m)! The snow let up and they pushed hard up the fixed lines and along the beautiful ridge that leads another thousand feet up to high camp. It sounds like everyone did really well and they are all…
May 20 Team – At 14,200′!
The May 20 Team called in a very garbled audio recording, which I’m not even going to post, because you could only understand about three words in the entire message. At these far northern latitudes, the satellites pass far to the south, and we frequently lose connections. The team is at 14,200′ (4328m) and doing…
May 20 Team – Weather Day at 14,200′
Eric Larson called in to give us an update, but the connection from his satellite phone was pretty weak. The team is doing well and just waiting in a snowstorm at the 14,200′ (4328m) camp. It has been snowing hard and they are keeping busy by eating well and working on their camp walls. Here’s…
May 20 team: backcarry from camp 3
Eric Larson reported the expedition traveling from camp 3 to 13,500′ to pick up their cache. Today they will most likely carry up the fixed lines to cache more food and gear on the ridge, possibly as high as 16,400′.