Joe Butler called the office yesterday to report a change of plans. Altitude sickness necessitated a descent from their attempt to move to high camp. Ariel Tyler had symptoms that made continued ascent impossible, and our guides recommended descent from camp 3 to camp 2 to have her benefit from the decreased altitude. Upon descent…
Here are some images that might help you all have a btter sense of the terrain that your friends and family are traveling through.
The Tyler expedition took an active rest day today, to get one more day of acclimatization before attempting to move to high camp.
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…
Guides from both the Lucky Lindy and Tyler teams called in yesterday to report: they traveled down the glacier to pick up their cache of gear, and now are in camp 3 with all their food and equipment, ready to carry a similar load up the fixed lines to the ridge.
Joe Butler reported yesterday that his team moved up through 30 mph winds at windy corner to 14 camp, with all team members moving strong. As soon as they moved around Windy Corner they were out of the wind, and the last few hours to camp 3 of their move were in calm conditions.
Joe Butler, Kaern Bockel and the Tylers carried loads around Windy Corner and cached at 13,500′. It was hot but otherwise the weather was perfect.