Marty, Kenny, and Denali hiked down to base camp last night. Kenny is doing better and it’s good to hear that they were able to get back down to base camp on their own power. They’ll get a flight out on a fixed wing flight this morning back to Talkeetna (weather permitting of course, but…
The Honey Badger team is split up now, but most of the team is at base camp this morning and waiting for a flight to Talkeetna as soon as the weather allows. Marty and Denali have remained up at the 14,200ft W. Buttress camp with Kenny who is having some medical issues and waiting for…
Lead guide Marty Schmidt called in an update from 14,200′ camp. He provided some additional details of their summit day, which sounds like a tough one. Great job by everyone! They are going to head back down towards the airstrip at 7,200′ and should be back in Talkeetna in the next day or so (weather…
Lead guide Marty Schmidt called in a post at 3 am after Team Honey Badgers returned from the summit of Denali! They saw a relatively narrow window of opportunity and headed up. It sounds like the weather was fairly burly at times, and it took them a long time to make the round trip to…
Yesterday Marty called in to report that the team put in fixed lines up to approximately 16,800 ft. They encountered deep snow (up to their chests!) and high winds, which made it hard work. But the weather cleared at the end of the day and when Marty phoned at 10 PM, the sun was shining…
Yesterday the Rib team rested and hydrated, waiting for a break in the weather. Marty reported high winds and new snow, but also a positive change in barometric pressure which may indicate improving weather. If things look good today, Tuesday, the team will mobilize and start heading up. Here’s Marty: recording
Late yesterday evening Marty called in to report that the team is safety at 16,200 ft camp. They had a big day moving from 14,200 to 16,200, but the team was moving well and they successfully navigated some tricky sections of the route. After some rest, the team plans to make a summit push n…
The team checked in from the W. Rib and they are doing great. They’ve made a carry up as high as the 16,200 camp on the 6th. They hope to move up there in a couple of days, but it looks like some weather might be coming in for a few days. Here’s Marty. recording
Marty called in to report that the team made a carry to the plateau camp at 14,400 ft. They encountered high winds and cold temperatures, but everyone is doing well and feeling good. Here’s Marty: recording
The Rib team climbed up through the couloir yesterday and put a camp in at 13,200 ft on the West Rib itself. Everybody is doing great, and today they’ll go back down to pick up the cache they left a bit lower a few days ago. Here’s the call from the W. Rib! recording