The team is practicing patience on Denali, waiting for the weather to improve and to keep moving up the mountain. Many teams are waiting with them at the 14,200 ft camp today as the weather has held teams from going to high camp and having a chance to summit for a few days now. They…
The members of the DSUSA/Warfighter Sports Challenge team called in to answer a couple of questions posed to them recently. The three veterans on the team are climbing in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Disabled Sports USA as part of the Warfighters Challenge. They are pushing themselves in a manner that they might not…
Paul called in from the Warfighter Sports/DSUSA team this evening from Camp 3 on Denali at 14,200 ft. They climbed from the 11,000 ft camp today, so it was a big move with big packs today. The route from Camp 2 to Camp 3 on the West Buttress Route ascends more steeply up “Motorcycle Hill”…
Jason Aldine called in from the basin camp at 11,200′ with an update on the Dsiabled Sports USA Warfighter Challenge Team. Today, the climbers carried loads of supplies up the steep Motorcycle Hill, which rises immediately outside of their camp. After a thousand feet of climbing, they took a break before continuing up even steeper…
Pete Linkroum called in with an unfortunately abbreviated update. The satellites conveying his transmission passed out of reach before he got too far into his call. The team spent today looking at snow falling and unable to move up to their next camp, due to the stormy weather. They took advantage of the day to…
The Warfighters of the Disabled Sports USA 50th Anniversary Team are making great progress up North America’s tallest mountain. They loaded up their packs and sleds with all their camp and kit this morning, and set out to hike it all up a long series of hills known as “Ski Hill” that rises just outside…
It was Pete’s turn to call in today with the evening update. They carried a load of food and fuel up the glacier to about 10,000 ft today, dug a pit in the snow, and cached it there to pick up in a few days. After depositing the cache, deep in the snow and safe…
Paul called in this evening with the update from the DSUSA team. They moved up to Camp 1 on the Kahiltna glacier today hauling all of their gear, food/fuel, and equipment in their packs and in sleds they hauled behind. It’s always a tough day, which Paul described as grueling, but they are enjoying the…
Paul called in from the base camp of Denali on the South East fork of the Kahiltna glacier reporting that they were all in camp and enjoying their first evening in the Alaska Range! After a day of waiting out the weather in Talkeetna, they were excited to get onto the mountain and get settled…
Mountain Trip is proud to help support the celebration of Disabled Sports USA’s 50th Anniversary! One of the nation’s largest sport organizations for people with disabilities, DSUSA is marking this milestone with the Team Warfighter Sports expedition to Denali. Three veterans from different branches of the US armed forces will join three Mountain Trip guides…