Hello everyone and thank you for following our expedition. This was a special trip as everyone knew each other and the guys from Dallas Fort worth were raising money for Sons of the Flag, an American Burn Association program. It was good to climb with such a strong, focused, motivated team. When weather delayed our…
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 guys made it down to base camp this morning and once again the weather has the last word. It’s snowing and white at the Kahiltna Base Camp runway right now, so they are waiting for the weather to clear enough for everyone to fly out to Talkeetna for the cold beers that await them. …
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…
Clint Brewer called in a post that was, as expected, full of energy and good spirits, as befits the Mr. Hugo team! The guys spent another day in really foul weather, with snow and high winds buffeting their tents. We heard from guides at High Camp that last night was not all that restful, due…
Lead guide Jacob Schmitz called in a message from High Camp, which was unfortunately cut short, when the signal was dropped. Today was the team’s fourth day at High Camp, and they are just waiting for the wind to diminish so the team can better assess the steep slopes above them for avalanche hazard, and…
Dusty called in from the 17,200′ High Camp, perched below Denali Pass, the low point between Denali’s north and south summits. The team had a windy night, but it did not snow too much, so their sleep was not interrupted by having to get out and shovel their tents free from powder. Here’s Dusty! recording
Lead guide Jacob Schmitz called in from the team’s new home- High Camp! They worked hard yesterday to push up to 17,200′ and everyone is tucked into their warm sleeping bags for the evening. It sounded like to day was a pretty nice day to travel and the team took advantage of the break in…
The June 26 Denali team called in (Ross, I believe?) after today’s rest and acclimatization day at the broad 14,200′ camp. Today they took a short hike over to “The Edge of the World.” This spot truly feels like such, with a stomach dropping view of 1000m of nothing between you and the Northeast Fork…
Brian Levendusky called in a post from the huge basin camp at 14,200′. This camp is both geographically large and tends to be the busiest camp on the mountain, with climbers taking 4-5+ days at this elevation while their bodies acclimatize. The team was fortunate to have clear, blue skies as they climbed up, a…