Lead Guide Brian Muller called in the final trip report for the June 19 Team. After a big descent, the team is now in Talkeetna, enjoying a big meal and all the oxygen available at them at lower altitude. It’s been a great journey and the team has lots to be proud of! Congratulations, again!…
Lead Guide Brian Muller called in from the summit of Denali! The team arrived on the summit a bit after 5:30 pm Alaska Daylight Time with all five climbers and the three Mountain Trip guides. They made great time heading up during a beautiful day. Congratulations to all the climbers!!! Michael Fahrenkamp Wui Kin Chin…
Mountain Trip guide Brian Muller called in an update from 14,200′, where the June 19 West Buttress took a rest day yesterday. While surrounded by low visibility and light snow that obscured the fixed lines up the headwall out of camp, the team took the day to further acclimate, rest, and prepare their mountaineering kits…
The team made good progress ascending and descending the Headwall section of the climb. They cached a load of equipment and supplies at a site just below Washburn’s Thumb on the ridge above 14 Camp. This is the team’s first foray onto the “upper mountain”, which we define as the territory above 14 Camp. …
After a number of days of continuous travel, the team took a well-deserved rest day today at beautiful 14 Camp. The purpose of a rest day is to, well, rest, but also to eat, hydrate, and re-energize for the big push up on the upper mountain. Skills training also a rest day activity, as the…
The June 19 team moved up to 14 Camp today, rising above the clouds sitting on the lower mountain into sunny, blue skies at 14 Camp. Guide Taylor called in the report today, and the plan is to rest tomorrow in 14 Camp. The team will use their rest day to enjoy the incredible beauty…
The June 19 Team had nice traveling conditions for their cache day. They packed up a load of equipment and supplies and ascended 3,000′ to 14 Camp, where they dug a deep hole in the snow and left their supplies. Guide Nick reports that everyone is doing well and enjoying the beautiful vistas of the…
The team descended several hundred feet to retrieve a load of equipment and supplies that they had buried in the snow below 11 Camp a few days ago. Guide Nick reports that the team is doing well, is in fine spirits, and ready to keep moving up the mountain. The plan is to move another…
Guide Brian Muller called in an update for the June 19 West Buttress expedition, who woke up in the middle of the night to start their trek from Camp One at 7,800′ to Camp Two at 11,200′. While the high pressure system has helped climbers make faster progress up the mountain than when the range…
Mountain Trip guide Brian Muller called in for an update for the June 19 West Buttress team, from Camp 1 on the route at 7,800′. After a bit of rest and a review of glacier travel technique, the team departed Base Camp at 2 am, during the “darkest” and “coldest” part of the evening–in theory.…