The weather finally cleared just enough for planes to reach base camp today and our friends at Talkeetna Air Taxi swooped in and picked them all up. Special thanks to those guys for working hard to get our climbers out safely today in challenging conditions. After a short time in Talkeetna to get some food,…
The climbers packed up camp at 17,200 ft this morning and started down the hill. They stopped at the 14,000 camp for a rest and some food, and plan to continue on down to base camp tonight and should be there some time tomorrow.
The climbers pushed for the summit today, but their brief window of good weather shut down again and they were forced to turn around before getting to the top today. It hard to make the decision to turn around, but we are happy to hear that they are all safely back in camp tonight. Here’s…
Pearl and Anis along with guides Kim Grant and Dan Starr left for the summit this morning as they watched the weather improve a bit. They hope to take advantage of a break from the winds and snow and get to the top late today. Cason and Tyler remained in high camp and will be…
The June 15th team had an interesting day on Denali, and they are spread out in a couple of different camps as Suzanne is descending with a cold injury on one hand accompanied by Beau and teamed up with another Mountain Trip team. Cason joined yet a different Mountain Trip team with just one other…
It’s been a stormy few days on Denali and temperatures have returned to “Arctic” in the Alaska Range in the last week. We went from some record breaking hot days with sunshine, right into a classic Denali low pressure storm system with moderate winds, clouds and light snow. Some of the teams managed to move…
The team moved up to high camp today! It’s been a bit of a wait, and the weather still isn’t great, but they were able to move up to high camp today. Suzanne was forced to turn around due to some frostbite developing on her hand, which was only bound to get worse if she…
The June 15th Team is holding steady at 14 Camp. It’s snowing and blowing a bit, so the team is being patient and they will wait for a good break in the weather to climb to High Camp at 17,200 ft. Lots of special birthday wishes sent from the team in today’s message! Here you…
Cason Crane called in from 14,200′ with a number of well-wishes for family members of the team, and some rather interesting news from the coiffure front! Rumors of a D-hawk abound… All in all, the team sounds like they are in great spirits and doing really well. The weather above them is a bit unsettled,…
June 15th Team member Pearl Going sends a special message of love and compassion to the families of the climbers killed recently in Pakistan. Here is Pearl: recording