MAY 6 TEAM CACHES AT 13,500′

Robert Lentz called in a nice team report tonight. The team was happy to stretch their legs and move a load of equipment and supplies up the mountain, to a cache at 13,500′. It sounds like the group had some windy conditions, but they were prepared and managed just fine. Robert reports that the team…

MAY 6 TEAM HOLDING AT CAMP

Seba called to report that during the night the wind picked up and moved some weather over the upper mountain,  so the team decided to stay put in camp today. They enjoyed a nice, hot breakfast and spent their time resting and relaxing. Ben and Udi, guides who assisted the injured Israeli climber to Base…

May 6 Team – Moves to 11,200′ Camp

Sebastian called in from 11,200′ camp, where the team moved up to today.  About an hour out of camp, an unfortunate event occurred, when one of the team, a climber from Israel, experienced severe and debilitating back pain at the top of Ski Hill.  A very experienced climber with loads of high altitude experience, he…

May 6 Denali Team calls from Camp 1

Robert Lentz called in a very nice and detailed update from the team’s first camp on the West Buttress.  They are camped at 7,800′ on the Kahiltna Glacier.  The Kahiltna is a huge glacier, that runs almost 40 miles from north to south, starting at a saddle between the West Buttress of Denali and a…

May 6 TEAM AT 7800 ft, CAMP 1

Team leader Seba Grau called in to report that the weather cleared in Talkeetna, and the team flew into the beautiful Alaska range. They arrived safely at Base Camp, took a rest, and then packed up and headed up glacier. It was a tiring move, in that the team broke trail through 12″ of new…