From the comfortable confines of the Mountain Trip house in Anchorage I would like to, once again, thank Arthur, Diarmuid, David, George, Kari, Peter and Roman for climbing with us on Denali. We were all tested by the mountain and I believe that we came away with a respectful experience in the Alaska Range. Our…
They’ve had quite a journey, and more than their share of bad weather, but they are all safely down to base camp and expect to be flying out to Talkeetna in the next hour or two. Great effort, bad luck.
The team is heading down the mountain, but the weather continues to challenge them. It’s been a windy and snowy couple of days and they spent today just above windy corner waiting for the winds to calm so they could continue their descent to base camp. The weather forecast has continued to call for partly…
It was still blowing almost 30 mph in high camp this morning and the team never really got a chance to go for the summit with reasonable conditions. If it’s blowing 30 mph in camp, it’s likely quite a bit higher up at Denali Pass, and on to the summit. With the cold temps and…
The team took a day to rest and recover at high camp today after a big day of climbing yesterday. They are thrilled to see the improved weather, their patience is paying off with some blue skies and light winds in the forecast for the next couple of days. They hope to go for the…
The climbers are finally being rewarded for their patience over the last week of stormy weather with a beautiful sunny day. They took advantage and moved on up to high camp today after 11 days at 14,000 ft. It’s hard to explain how difficult it can be to stay motivated to climb during a long…
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…
The team was unable to move up to high camp today, as a lot of snow fell on their camp and strong winds buffeted their tents. Diarmud’s report is in the classic understated fashion of the Irish. Other reports we have received indicate that 2′ (60cm) of snow fell on Tuesday and winds of up…
The weather continues to be uncooperative up on Denali and the team watched it snow most of the day today. They have been patient and hopefully that will pay off as the weather is expected to improve a bit tomorrow and they hope to move to high camp soon. recording
Bad weather is holding the team at camp 3. They plan to move high as soon as the weather permits.