Lead Guide Jacob Schmitz called in from the summit of Denali. The team made quick work of their summit day, arriving at the top in under seven hours. They had a strange experience of feeling an earthquake while they were traversing the knife edged summit ridge! Here’s Jacob:
Duncan called in after the team took a rest day today, in preparation of moving to High Camp. The weather looks pretty good for the crew to move up to 17,200′ tomorrow and have a shot at the top on Wednesday. Duncan gives a nice shout out to a number of friends and a much…
Duncan called in from 14,200′ after the team had a fairly easy day dropping down 700′ to pick up a cache of supplies they had left a couple days earlier. They plan to rest tomorrow and then see what options might present for slipping up to High Camp and hopefully on to the summit in…
Duncan called in from the teams new home, located at 14,200′ in a broad basin. This is one of the more populous camps on the route, as climbers tend to spend more time here than at other elevations, both acclimatizing and waiting for their window of opportunity to move to the much less hospitable High…
Duncan called in after the team took a rest day at 11,200′. They have been moving quickly up the mountain, and it was time to take an acclimatization day, to allow their bodies to better adapt to the thinning air of these higher elevations. It was a day of swapping stories, lounging around and apparent…
The team is moving and feeling well, and they took advantage of another beautiful day to move a load of equipment and supplies to a cache site at 13, 500′. Immediately out of camp the team began to ascend Motorcycle Hill, which gains approximately 1000′, then they tackled Squirrel Hill before cresting onto the relatively…
The team woke at 2 AM, packed up, and headed up the glacier to Camp 2 at 11,200′. It’s approximately 4.5 miles and 3400′ elevation gain between Camp 1 and Camp2, so it’s a long day for the team. Once they set up camp, the team rested and hydrated and enjoyed the beauty of the…
Duncan called in from Camp 1+, at about 9300′ on the Kahiltna Glacier. Capitalizing on the amazing weather, the team hiked past the traditional Camp 1 at 7,800′ and climbed up a feature known as Ski Hill in a long, tough day. The morning began with a 06:00 departure from Base Camp. They descended the…
Lead guide Jacob Schmitz called in from Denali Base Camp, located at 7,200′ on the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier. He, Duncan and Danny flew into the Range amidst clear skies, with tremendous views of the peaks of the Alaska Range. They are poised to launch early in the morning, so as to avoid…
Duncan Stuart arrived in Alaska and met with guide team Jacob Schmitz and Danny Donovan at the Millennium Hotel in Anchorage. They reviewed the expedition itinerary, went through Duncan’s personal kit and they are currently on the road to Talkeetna. In Talkeetna, the team will participate in a mandatory National Park Service climber orientation and…