Guide Jason Denley called in an update after a nighttime descent down to Base Camp, a long, midnight sun-lit push that drops over 13,000′ in vertical from the summit back down to 7,200′. Unfortunately, the weather has prevented them from catching a ride with Talkeetna Air Taxi back to civilization, and they may have to…
The team is back at camp, resting and eating and getting ready for the descent. Well done, climbers! Here’s Kevin with an outline of the schedule for the next few days: recording
Kevin Cook and Eric Bauernschmidt, along with Mountain Trip guides Jason Denley and Tyler Weller reached the summit of North America today! Congratulations to all the climbers for such strong work, during a challenging, cold expedition! Here is the team, calling out heartfelt messages from 20,310′ on top of Denali- recording
Lead Guide Jason Denley called from the team’s 17,200′ high camp. They took a rest and acclimatization day today, in preparation for a summit bid tomorrow! The team is doing great and is exercising patience by not rushing up towards the summit. Conditions tomorrow look pretty good, so we’ll wish them a good night’s rest…
Jason D called in this evening from Denali High Camp! They took advantage of a bit of better weather and climbed up to the ridge leading to high camp, and continued on up the ridge as the weather improved and winds died down. They had a beautiful evening at high camp and are settled in…
Climber Kevin Cook called in an update once again from 14-Camp, where the team is currently “aggressively” resting and awaiting a break in the weather to move up to High Camp at 17,200′. The team is hoping to move up on Tuesday, with a chance to perhaps head for the summit on Wednesday. The winds…
The team had a nice mellow “backcarry” day from 14k down the trail about 30 minutes, and hauled some supplies back up to camp at 14,200 ft. They are settled in and hoping to carry a load of food and fuel up to the ridge leading towards high camp tomorrow, but not sounding super optimistic…
Climber Kevin Cook called in an update on the team from 14,200′ on the West Buttress, after retrieving their cache from above Windy Corner at around 13,400′; now they have all of their gear and kit up at . They plan to cache up high on the ridge at around 16,300′ to set them up…
The May 6 team called in a somewhat unclear message from 14-Camp; the team is ready to move up to High Camp if a weather window allows safe passage. This message unfortunately cuts out a lot, but here’s the team: recording
Climber Eric called in an update on the team who successfully made the move up to 14,200′, also known as 14-Camp, where they will settle in for a few days. Weather permitting, they will head back down around Windy Corner to around 13,400′ to retrieve their cache. They will spend several days at 14,200′ to…