Well, the weather is breaking and the patient members of our May 26th team are flying to the glacier! They have spent five full days doing the “Talkeetna Hang,” which might well be a Mountain Trip record. Josh Garner sent us the following post, and Ian Nicholson shared the images below. “6 days into our…
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…
Nothing new to report really, the team can’t be any more prepared to launch their Denali climb than they are now. They are all anxiously watching the weather, waiting for the same break as everyone else.
Someone in the group went all out and rented a house for the expedition while they wait for the weather to let them fly into the Alaska range. Ian called after having cooked his basecamp meal for the team; they had hamburgers. Still waiting for the low pressure system to move on out and let…
The May 26th Team took some time to enjoy beautiful, downtown Talkeetna yesterday while they were waiting for the clouds to lift. The team departing the Millennium Hotel in Anchorage. Mountain Trip guide Ian enjoying some Alaskan wildlife. In Talkeetna, weighing in at Talkeetna Air Taxi. Mountain Trip guides Josh and Zach (rigged to flip!)…
Weather kept the team from flying yesterday, but lead guide Ian Nicholson made use of the down time; making sure everything was in order and practicing a wide scope of mountain skills that will prove essential during their expedition. This morning Ian reported the weather had improved a little and was happily heading to the…
The members of our May 26th Team met with our three Mountain Trip guides this morning to complete an equipment check and to discuss many things regarding their fast-approaching climb of Denali. Everyone’s kit looked really good, which is not always the case with climbers preparing for an expedition as unique as one up Denali. …
We are pleased to welcome the team members of our 10th Denali team of the 2014 climbing season. Some of these climbers are friends who have climbed together in Chile and, as do so many of our teams, the team comes from points around the world. On Monday morning, the team will join three of…