Mountain Trip client Greg Johnson called in with an update on the June 5 Denali West Buttress expedition. The team did a bit of sightseeing around the beautiful 14-Camp, and spent the day resting to prepare to move higher on the mountain. The next section of the route will be the steepest and most technical…
Lead guide Ben Adkison called in with an update on the June 5 Denali West Buttress team, who have been making steady, consistent progress up the mountain. Ben said they woke up late and had a big breakfast of chocolate chip coconut pancakes before caching above camp.He said the weather was impressively clear and…
John Ladd of the May 5 Denali West Buttress Team called in with a short update on the team’s progress on the mountain. The team retrieved their cache below camp yesterday. The day started out bitterly cold, John reported, and the team tried their best to keep warm as they descended below 14,000′ to retrieve…
Lead Guide Ben Adkison called in with an update on the June 5 team’s progress up the West Buttress Route. They’ve made speedy progress to Camp 3 at 14,200′, and were fortunate enough (once again) to not experience any wind around the infamous Windy Corner. The team cached at 13,500′ a couple of days ago,…
Dave Ladd, a client on the June 5 Denali West Buttress Expedition He said that the team enjoyed the Mountain Trip classic, Denali Sandwiches (toasted “everything” bagel with cream cheese and fried pork sausage, mmm, mmm!) at “Karl’s Jr.,” which we’re assuming means that guide Karl Welter was head chef for the day. The team…
Our guide Karl Welter called in from Camp 2 on the West Buttress, located in a stunning basin at the elevation of 11,200′. The team slept in this morning, ate a big breakfast and then dropped downhill to the site of their cache from a couple days ago. They are double carrying their way up…
John Ladd, of the June 5 West Buttress Expedition on Denali, called in with an update on their progress. The June 5 team enjoyed the Mountain Trip classic breakfast favorite, Denali Sandwiches (cream cheese, sausage, on a toasted everything bagel) before setting off higher up the mountain. They would certainly need their energy for the…
Mountain Trip Guide Ben Adkison called in on behalf of the June 5 team from Denali Base Camp at 7,200 ft. Due to bad weather, the team spent a “layover day” in Talkeetna, working on sled and pack rigging and glacier travel skills. They had a successful flight out to the glacier yesterday morning, and…
Today a small team of climbers are assembling in Anchorage to meet our guide team in preparation for their attempt on North America’s tallest mountain – Denali. They will review the plan for the climb, finish packing portions of each climber’s lunch snacks and the guides will review all of their clothing an equipment. The…