22 days after starting their expedition, the members of our May 14th West Buttress team are hoping for a clearing in the weather so they can fly off the glacier. Some team members have already had to change flights and others might miss tomorrow’s scheduled flights. We plan for 22 days, which is a day…
Our May 14th team pushed hard through the night, forging their way downhill through deep snow to arrive at Base Camp at about 1:00 am. They were motivated by the rapid approach of their scheduled flights home! By all accounts, they have been doing really well, pushing hard in the face of challenging conditions. The…
There has been a thick band of really crummy weather sitting on the lower portions of the mountain. Thick clouds, wind and snow have created whiteout conditions, making travel difficult at best. Our May 28 and May 30th teams are not making much progress up the mountain in the face of such conditions. Our June…
Our May 14th team, which summitted just two days ago, rested yesterday morning at High Camp, after a long, hard summit day. They packed up and left High Camp at about 2:00 pm local time, and descended the beautiful ridge down to the top of the fixed lines about a thousand feet lower. They then…
It sounds like it was a long day route finding in the clouds, but the May 14th team was rewarded for their hard work by reaching the summit. Congratulations to all team members for your hard work and perseverance during a period of unstable weather on the mountain. Here’s Seba: recording
Sebastian called in on behalf of the May 14th West Buttress team. They moved up to High Camp and are hoping to awaken early tomorrow to decent weather, so they can make a shot for the summit! Summit day on Denali requires pretty good weather, as even on a good day, it is a…
Lead guide Seba reports that the team made the move from 14 Camp up to High Camp today. This is a beautiful ascent, starting from the Genet Basin then climbing up the fixed lines, winding up and around the ridgeline, then cresting onto the plateau where High Camp is located. The team was resting and…
Hi Everyone! We wanted to give you a heads up that for the next 72 hours, we might not be able to edit the auto-posted “audio posts” that are generated when our climbing teams call in dispatches from the field. A brief lapse in our website management might result in us not having staff in…
Our Lead Guide Sebastian Grau sent us some more pictures from yesterday afternoon, when the winds at 14,200′ camp abated somewhat, allowing the team to spend some time reviewing skills that they will need to use on the upper mountain. They also took advantage of not having ice blown into their eyes to reinforce the…
We received some photos and a report from our Lead Guide Sebastian Grau, whose team spent a tough night at 14,200′ last night. Seba reported winds of 60-80 mph throughout the night, which destroyed a neighboring guided team’s kitchen tent and made for a rough night’s sleep. Our team worked very hard yesterday, cutting 20-40…