May 30 Team Moves to Camp 3 at 14,200 ft
Laura called in from the May 30 team after climbing up to Camp 3 today. They are enjoying beautiful weather and sounds like they are doing great up there. Listen to Laura’s call from Camp 3. recording
May 30 Denali Team Checks in from Camp 2
Viviane called in this evening from Camp 2 at 11,000 ft. They awoke to snow, but the weather cleared and it turned into a beautiful day. They were able to climb up to 13,500 ft around Windy Corner to cache some food and gear to prepare to move up to Camp 3 at 14,200 ft…
Denali May 30 Team – Erik Calls From Camp 2
Erik Guevara Merino called in from 11,200′ to give us an update on the day’s activity. The team descended to about 10,000′ to retrieve the cache of supplies that they had buried a couple days earlier. This is a pretty easy day, and they worked about two hours in total. Active rest days like this…
Denali 2013 General Update
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,…
May 30 Team – Camped at 11,200′
Our guide Ted Grosgebauer called in from the stunningly beautiful camp at 11,200′. The team pushed up from 7,800′ camp with moderate snow falling, but climbed above the snow cloud and arrived in camp in good style. I spoke with Laura Duncan earlier and she said that the weather at 7,800′ was looking pretty bad,…
Denali May 30 Team – Cached at 10,200′
Laura Duncan called in from 7,800′ today. The team made a push up to 10,200′ to put in a cache of supplies, in preparation for moving up to their next camp tomorrow, or as soon as the weather allows. Everyone is doing well, and is in good spirits, but it started snowing on the Kahiltna…
Denali May 30 Team -At Camp 1 and Doing Great!
Roxana called in a multilingual dispatch from Camp 1 on Denali this evening. They are doing great and enjoying the journey so far. It’s been beautiful up there with blue skies and sunshine for the start of their expedition. Roxana llama desde el glaciar, en espanol y ingles! Click the link below to listen to…
Denali May 30 Team – Report from Base Camp
Lead guide Jacob Schmitz called in a report from Denali Base Camp. The entire team made it in and everyone is very excited to hit the trail in the wee hours of the morning. Here’s Jacob: recording
Denali May 30 Team is on the Glacier!
The May 30th Team made the two hour drive north to the small, end of the road (literally!) town of Talkeetna Alaska. They finished their registration process with the National Park Service and attended an NPS orientation on the challenges of climbing Denali, before making their way to the airstrip to board a ski equipped…
May 30 Denali Team – Meet the Team!
This morning another team of climbers from around the world met a team of Mountain Trip guides at the Millennium Alaska Hotel in Anchorage to finish their preparations for an attempt on the classic West Buttress route of Denali. The West Buttress is an iconic route that climbs over 13,000′ from the southeast Fork of…