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…
Joe Butler called in a couple of hours ago to inform us that the May 30 Priya and Greg team are at 14,200′, waiting for cooler, nighttime temperatures to set in, before continuing their descent down the West Buttress route. Priya and our guide Blaine Horner waited at 14,200′, while the remainder of the team…
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…
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 winds stopped blowing and the climbers who’ve been pent up at Camp 3 burst onto the upper mountain today. They started up the hill early this morning heading for high camp, and Priya turned around at some point with one of her guides and is back at Camp 3 tonight. Greg is at high…
The team took a planned rest and acclimatization day today, which fortunately coincided with some winds up high and a sort of mixed bag of weather at their camp, in the large basin at 14,200 feet. This is the first true rest day that the team has taken, and it sounds like they used the…
The team is taking a day to rest and acclimate at 11,000 ft to prepare for their move up to Camp 3 at 14,200 ft. Greg called in the team dispatch this evening and talks about the “Denali Diet” which might be a bit more decadent than you think. Here’s Greg. recording
Today the team did a “back carry” meaning they went downhill from their camp at 11,000 ft to the cache they left 2 days ago at 10,200 ft. They picked up their cache of food and gear and brought it up to their camp. It’s a relatively short day, usually not more than 2 hours…
The long stretch of bluebird skies and low winds came to a halt a couple days ago, when a low pressure system moved across the mountain, bringing with it clouds and snow. We currently have 6 teams on Denali and one waiting to fly into the Range. Here is the general update as of Wednesday,…