Today the May 11 Team enjoyed a rest day at 14 Camp. It’s important for climbers to rest, relax, and hydrate when they aren’t on the move, and from the trip report it sounds like they did an excellent job of all of the above! The recording is cut short, but It sounds like they…
Mountain trip Guide Fischer Hazen called in after the Mountain-Network team carried loads up onto the beautiful ridge above Camp 3. They shouldered their packs and set forth out of camp, hiking for an hour up moderately steep slopes before taking a break under sunny skies below the steepest part of the West Buttress route. …
Melle Van Den Boorn called in from the broad Genet Basin at 14,200 feet (4328 m) with an update that was cut short by the poor satellite phone connection. The team spent part of the day practicing the skills they will need to use on the fixed lines that lead up to the ridge running…
The team spent the day at Camp 3 practicing some skills they’ll need when they get the opportunity to climb higher on Denali. Above them looms a pretty steep headwall of snow and ice where there is a fixed line for some additional security. It takes some practice to be efficient on the fixed lines,…
Lead Guide Aaron Diamond called in from Genet Basin, a broad bowl perched above a hanging glacier and below a rocky ridge that leads up to High Camp on the West Buttress and the steep snow slopes that lead up to the West Ridge route on Denali. They moved up today in much kinder conditions…
Our May 11 Denali West Buttress team called in from the basin camp at 11,200 feet (3413 m) after the team pushed through some strong, cold wind to put in a cache of supplies on the far side of the notorious Windy Corner. That name was well-deserved today! They set out in the morning, carrying…
Jeremy Cordelier gave us an update in French for all you Francophiles out there! Rusty Schlessman gave us the English summary as well! The team moved up to Camp 2 today, climbing about 2400′ (730 m) up the Kahiltna Glacier over the course of 4.5 miles (7.24 km). They climbed above the start of the…
Mountain Trip guide Nicole Lawton called in from Camp 2 on Denali’s West Buttress route. She has reunited with the team, after making a quick lap to Base Camp yesterday, helping a climber catch a flight out of the Alaska Range. The team did a “backcarry” today, meaning they dropped down to the site of…
The Mountain-Network team moved up from their camp at 2377 m (7800 feet), hiking roughly 7.42 Km (4.5 miles) up the Kahiltna Glacier to their new home for the next few days at 3414 m (11,200′). It was a clear day and the team made good work of their move. Unfortunately, one of the team…
Mountain Trip guide Fischer Hazen called in from our May 11 team’s Camp 1 at 7800′ (2377 m). Today, the team took advantage of clear weather to carry loads of supplies higher on the route, burying their loads in a deep snow pit at about 10,500′ (3200 m). The morning began with the team climbing…