June 17 Team Continues to Descend
The lure of hot showers and chips and salsa is luring the team back to Base Camp. Today the team rested at 14 Camp and the plan is to descend to Base Camp tonight. Here’s Chris with the day’s report: recording
June 17 Team in High Camp after reaching the summit today!
Kristin called to check in from high camp this evening. Everyone is back from a great summit day and resting in their tents for the night. They’ll begin the descent to basecamp tomorrow. Here’s Kristin back from the summit:
June 17th Denali Team – ON THE SUMMIT!
Congratulations to the members of the June 17th West Buttress team! They reached the summit of North America! This morning they departed from High Camp at about 8:45 am, hiking up a steep, rising traverse, known as The Autobahn (for a party of Germans who slipped…) to reach Denali Pass, the low point between Denali’s…
June 17 Denali Team Moves to High Camp
The June 17 team moved to high camp on a beautiful day! They did great, moving quickly and are settled in this afternoon, resting and preparing to give it a shot at a summit tomorrow. Here’s Kristin with the evening dispatch from High Camp at 17,200 ft:
June 17 Denali Team – Caches At 16,400′
Taking advantage of good weather on Denali’s mid-mountain, the members of our June 17th West Buttress team climbed up the steepest part of the route to put a cache in on the ridge leading to High Camp. Departing Camp 3, they climbed up 1200′ of moderate snow slopes to reach the base of The Headwall,…
June 17 Team Takes a Rest Day at 14 Camp
Today the team rested, ate, and hydrated in preparation for moving up to the “upper” mountain (above 14 Camp). They also spent some time practicing skills and discussing the plan for the next few days. If the weather permits, the team plans to move a load of equipment and supplies to a cache site at…
June 17 Team at 14 Camp!
Bacon, cheese and dates! What a combo. This combo has been fueling the team and today they reached 14 Camp in the beautiful Genet basin. The weather has been extremely favorable and the team has been enjoying calm winds, blue skies, and warm temps. The plan is to take a rest day at 14 Camp…
June 17 Team Caches at 13,700′
The weather report from the mountain has been thumbs up, and the team took advantage of clear skies to move a load of equipment and supplies from Camp 2 to a cache site at 13,700′. Here’s Rawan with today’s update: recording
June 17 Pancoe Team Moves To High Camp!
Moving high in warm, clear weather, the Pancoe team made good time climbing up the steep fixed lines and out along the ridge that leads to High Camp. Located at 17,200′ (5242m) on a small flat expanse atop the West Buttress, Denali’s High Camp is a challenging place. Climbers need to build stout walls from…
June 17 Denali Team – Backcarries To Camp 2
David Wilde checked in from the sunny and warm basin of Camp 2 on Denali’s West Buttress Route. Today was a relatively easy day, with the team sleeping in before dropping down a thousand feet to retrieve the cache they buried in the snow a couple days ago. After digging it out and sorting supplies,…