Final Dispatch for the May 28 Team
Lead Guide Aaron Diamond calls in the final trip report for the May 28 Team: recording
May 28 Team Holding at 14 Camp
It was a cold, windy day on the mountain and the team stayed hunkered down at 14 Camp. Weather days/rest days are helpful for the team, as it allows everyone to recover, hydrate, and mentally prepare for the move to High Camp. And conditions are fairly tolerable at 14 Camp, as far as those things…
May 28 West Buttress Trip – Rest Day
Here’s a quick audio update from the May 28 West Buttress team, who took today as a rest day.
May 28 Denali Team Caches at 16,400ft
The May 28th team has been working hard, with good weather they’ve been moving right up the mountain and today put a cache of food and fuel on the ridge at 16,400 ft in preparation for moving up to high camp soon. It’s a solid day of climbing from the 14,200 ft basin of Camp…
May 28 Team Retrieves Cache at 13500′
The team made a quick dip down to 13500′ to retrieve the cache, then returned to camp and had a few hours of training. It sounds like the crew is happy, healthy, and being well taken care of by the guide team. Here is Steve with today’s report (note that the recording ends at…
May 28 Team Moves to 14 Camp
Today Team Alpha Whisky (May 28) made the move from 11,222′ to 14,000′. They cruised past Windy Corner and yesterday’s cache site and plateaued in the beautiful Genet basin. The views from 14 Camp are stunning—Mount Foraker is right in your face and the Alaska range seems to go on forever. The…
May 28 Team–Sorry, Recording Failed
Unfortunately, due to the vagaries of satellite phone communication, today’s trip report was cut short. But I felt that friends and family of the team would like to hear Ryan’s voice, however brief…. recording
May 28 Team Backcarry day from 11,000 camp
The May 28th Denali team enjoyed the beautiful weather in the Alaska Range today. They are at the 11,000 ft camp again today and went down to where they’d cached some food and fuel 2 days ago to retrieve their cache and bring it up to the 11,000 camp. This is called a “back carry”…
May 28 Team Moves to Camp 2
The team enjoyed beautiful weather for the move up to Camp 2. They retraced their steps from yesterday and continued on past the cache site to 11,200′, the location of Camp 2. It sounds like the team is moving well, fueled by the guide team’s yummy cooking. And did I mention ice cream for dessert?…
Cache Day for the May 28 Team
The team moved a load of equipment and supplies up to a cache site at 9800′. A three week Denali expedition requires a huge amount of supplies, and the process of caching helps the team move efficiently. In addition, it helps their bodies acclimate to the ever changing altitude. A cache site is literally a…