Guide Kyle Bates checks in from 14,000’ camp. Everyone is happy and “has a full belly”. The weather forecast is calling for more snow and wind over the next few days. When the weather does break this team will carry loads to 16,000’ to set up their move to high camp at 17,000’. Let’s hope…
Guide Rene Welty called in from the broad basin camp at 14,200′. The team moved up today in brisk wind, but persevered and is now settled in next to two other Mountain Trip teams. Today was a tough day, with 3000′ of elevation gain and the steepest climbing that team has encountered thus far. The…
It was a blustery day but the May 13 team punched through it and they were able to cache a load of equipment and supplies around Windy Corner. Durny reports that aptly named Windy Corner lived up to it’s name, but all the climbers moved well and are feeling good. The plan is to move…
Durny reports that today the team dropped down approximately 1,000′ to pick up their cached equipment and supplies. It’s a relatively short distance to the cache site, and one of the easier days of the climb. Once back at camp, the team enjoyed a dinner of hot pulled pork sandwiches and pizza. Yumm yumm! Here’s…
The team moved to Camp 1 at 7800′ on the 16th, and on the 17th they took advantage of the warm, clear weather to ferry a load of equipment and supplies up to a cache at 10,200′. Durny reports that the team made a point of getting up and out of camp early, in order…
Lead guide Rob “Durny” Durnell called in two posts from Base Camp. The team had a brief weather delay and flew to the glacier one day later than planned, but as they intended to spend their first day on the snow reviewing skills, the timing worked out well. After loading up and flying to the…
We are pleased to welcome the team members of our 3rd Denali team of the 2015 climbing season. The team, including a father and two sons, consists of climbers from points around the world. Climbing a big, cold mountain such as Denali entails a lot of preparation, as well as a healthy dose of trust…