Well, the June 9 team had a bit of a break in the windy, colder weather that has been whipping over the upper mountain for the past couple of days. They took advantage of this window to carry supplies up the steepest section of the route, the stretch from from 15,600′ to 16,200′ called the…
I just received word that both out May 30 Priya/Greg Team and our June 2 Team have flown off the Kahiltna Glacier and are back in Talkeetna. They had about the perfect day for flying, with exceptionally clear skies and great views of the Alaska Range. We’ll try to get some photos posted and a…
We received word that the June 2 Team descended into the broad basin camp at 14,200′ this early afternoon. They dug up the cache of supplies that they had buried prior to ascending to high camp a few days ago and are now waiting for cooler nighttime temperatures before continuing their journey down the West…
Our May 30 team of Greg, Joe and Josh reached the summit earlier today and are almost back in camp on a beautiful, clear afternoon on Denali. Our June 2nd Team also reached the top and is traveling back to high camp more or less with the other team. Congratulations to all the climbers!! Today…
John Oldring called in a really nice post from the top of Denali! The team moved up well and stood on top of North America on a beautiful day. John expresses a lot of love and gratitude in his call, and, on behalf of all of us at Mountain Trip, we would also like to…
We just got a call from our guide Ian Nicholson, from our June 2nd team. His group is packing up to head to the summit as I type. Greg, Joe and Josh from our second May 30th team left high camp about five minutes ago and are walking towards the base of the long, rising…
As we have tried to stress in our previous posts, satellite calls from Denali are not a sure thing, and this season it seems as if satellite connections are more temperamental than ever, so teams cannot always call in an audio post. We do have updates on all of our teams, and want to keep…
The team climbed up to about 16,400ft yesterday and put a small cache of food and gear in the snow in preparation for moving to high camp soon. Today was a day to rest and acclimate before the push to high camp and hopefully the summit soon after. It’s been busy up there as many…
Ian called in with the evening dispatch tonight from the team. They moved up to Camp 3 at 14,200 ft yesterday, and had a slightly more relaxing day today. They’ll make themselves comfortable at this camp as they’ll be spending several nights here prior to pushing up to high camp. Here’s Ian with some special…
Saeed Kiam called in from the beautiful basin camp at 11,200′ today. The team had hoped to push up and around Windy Corner to establish themselves at the bustling 14,200′ (4340) site of Camp 3, but Windy Corner lived up to it’s name today, and they remained in camp, waiting for the winds to let…