Well, well, well. Let me start by saying the team I had the pleasure of climbing with over the last few weeks was one of the best I’ve ever seen. You’ve been a great crew. Without question, Denali is one of the most difficult mountains I’ve been on, demanding an extraordinary amount of both physical…
This expedition has drawn to a close. Stay tuned for a final entry courtesy of Nick Shepherd.
2nd guide Ian Nicholson called and filled me in on some details: The guests that summited yesterday were Strah, Melissa and Jason. The team is currently at 14 camp and planning to descend to 11k tonight, and make their way to basecamp tomorrow.
Our team checked in this morning at 2:30am to report everyone being back in camp safely after a long summit day. Our communications were cut off, but the summit team yesterday included Melissa, Jason, Strah and Paul. Sarah K. opted to stay in high camp but is in good health. It is my understanding that…
We heard from Nick just a few minutes ago. He, Joe Ceurvorst, Angela Martz, and Dallas McKinley all reached the summit yesterday! The weather is still holding and it looks like the rest of the team, or some of the rest of the team, will begin to make an attempt in the next few minutes. …
Here are some images that might help you all have a btter sense of the terrain that your friends and family are traveling through.
Lead guide Nick Shepherd called in today at 6:30pm to report being just below Pig Hill. The team, consisting of Nick, Dallas, Angela and Joe; they were all continuing up for the final leg of the ascent: Pig Hill, the summit ridge, and the summit itself.
Nick called in from high camp to give us an update on a team that spent the day loading up on calories and fortifying the snow walls around their tents. They moved up from the Genet Basin camp at 14,200′ on Saturday, which is a really big day. They first climbed up 1400′ of moderately…
Sad news from up in Alaska… an unroped climber fell off the ridge at about 16,200′. This was NOT part of any Mountain Trip Team, but our hearts go out to the friends and family of the climber. Below is the Press Release from Denali National Park: TALKEETNA, Alaska: Denali National Park and Preserve mountaineering…