The May 12 team was one of the only teams to move anywhere on Denali yesterday as they pushed through the wind and snow to descend to basecamp. They joined over 100 climbers who are waiting to fly out to Talkeetna, some who have been waiting for almost a week now due to the un-flyable…
It’s been a pretty long stretch of wind and snow in the Alaska Range for the last days, and it is expected to continue through most of the weekend. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, as the snow is expected to taper off and winds die down by late Sunday and…
The May 12 team called it and they are making their way down the mountain. Every team has what is known as an “up or down day,” meaning the day by which they need to move up to either high camp or attempt the summit, so that they will have sufficient food supplies to make…
Word from the mountain is that the May 12 team has descended from camp 3 to camp 2, and pulled into 11,200′ just as a storm started to intensify. A Mountain Trip team on the way up the mountain welcomed them in and helped them set up camp. We’ll update once we hear from the…
Our guide Heather Thamm called in to let us all know that the team spent the day at camp today, awaiting for a break in the weather that has been settling in on virtually the entire mountain in the past 24 hours. They are in a good position to move high and attempt the summit,…
The May 12th Team called in a post in French this evening, after making a carry up the fixed lines and onto the ridge that leads to high camp. As is all too often the case, the satellite transmission was cut off before they could complete their call. I will do my best to translate…
I have not heard from the team as yet this evening, but they did send a check in report from their Spot GPS device, which tells us that they are doing well and also showed that they are still camped at the 14,200′ basin. Below is a screen shot of their location.