The May 8th team had a big day today, moving a load of equipment and supplies up the fixed lines to a cache at 16,400 ft. The weather was cold when the team started out, but the ascent quickly warmed the climbers. The “headwall” section of the climb starts just outside of 14 Camp, and…
Joshua Clark just called in a very descriptive and interesting post from the 14,200′ camp! The team spent the day resting from their tough move up to camp and all the effort they spent fortifying their camp last night. I’ll say no more. Enjoy! recording
Cyrille called in a nice post in French from the large basin camp at 14,200 feet. The team moved up today and had some excitement, when one of the members, Ryan, found himself suddenly chest-deep in a crevasse at about 13,700 feet! The glacier was quite wind-swept and the trail crosses a number of well-known…
It has been a few days since we heard from the team. They have had a bit of challenge with communicating, due to the terrain in which they are camped. They are at the beautiful basin camp located at 11,200 feet, that is bordered on three sides by steep walls, with one open side facing…
Rodney Cline called in a nice update from Ski Hill Camp, also known as Camp 1 or 7800′ Camp, as that is the elevation of that stretch of glacier. The team took a day in Base Camp to review skills and work on their systems before moving up the glacier Camp 1. The trip took…
The team is off to a great start and flew into base camp on a beautiful day yesterday. We drove to Talkeetna from Anchorage in the morning, and after a briefing and check in with one of the National Park Service climbing rangers, loaded their piles of gear into planes and flew into base camp. …
The days are growing longer in Alaska, which can mean only one thing… It is Denali Season!!! Our first team of the season is in Anchorage and our guides are helping each of the climbers review their personal equipment and finalize their packing for their expedition. Today will be spent in Anchorage and tomorrow we…