What a trip! It started rough with heinous trail breaking in thigh deep snow with heavy sleds tipping over every 10 minutes. But we put in our dues and got a week of warm sunny high pressure that allowed us to move to 14k and then put a cache in at the base of Washburn’s…
The weather cleared after a snowy morning at the Kahiltna Glacier Base Camp Runway, and all of the climbers were able to get on a plane back to the relative civilization of Talkeetna. Congratulations to all the teams for putting working hard and giving it their best shot! It’s not an easy mountain to climb,…
The team headed down along with all of the other climbers at high camp today. It was another stormy day, with more in the forecast, and they decided it was time to get out of there. It sounded like a pretty exciting trip down the ridge from high camp with some pretty high wind on…
The team did not call in yesterday, but we did hear from the guides, who reported that they spent the day keeping warm in their tents, eating, hydrating and doing repairs to the snow walls that they constructed to protect their tents. Wednesday night was a rough one, and the team had to get out…
Cody called in from High Camp on Denali, after the team spent the day recuperating from their big day climbing to 17,200′ yesterday. Most climbers really benefit from spending a day resting and acclimatizing at this camp before even considering attempting to go to the summit, so today was a planned day to hang out…
Dave Bull called in after the June 23 team carried loads up the steep fixed lines and cached them on the ridge that leads to high camp. This is a tough day, both physically and mentally, as descending steep terrain like the fixed lines are stretched across can be unnerving to most mortals. Everyone did…
We might need to come up with a new, more fitting team name for this crew. They have been signing off each dispatch with a cacophony of jungle and/or farm animal calls. If this had only just begun, I might suspect Cerebral Edema of the entire group, but as they have been consistent for days,…
An enthusiastic post was called in by the June 23rd Team. I’m uncertain who the caller was, so if anyone can help identify him, please let us know! The team backcarried today, meaning they dropped down out of camp to pick up the supplies they had cached at 13,500′ a few days before. Reunited with…
I’m uncertain who it was that called in, so if anyone could help identify the caller, please do so! The team carried loads of supplies up and around the iconic Windy Corner today. Windy Corner is a steep rib of rock that drops off the West Buttress and essentially guards the entrance to the basin…
Clearly the June 23 team is having a wonderful time! They are currently at 11,200′ Camp, and the plan is to carry a load of equipment and supplies up to approximately 13,500′ tomorrow. Here’s today’s report, including some animal impersonations !!??? recording