Mountain Trip guide Kakiko Ramos-Leon called in an update on the May 13 Denali West Buttress team, at 14,200′, Camp Three. The team was settling in to have dinner, and they will be spending a couple of days in this camp to acclimatize for the upper mountain. They will likely spend the day today doing…
Lead guide Yoshiko called in an update for the May 13 West Buttress team, who enjoyed great weather yesterday setting their next cache at around 13,400′, past Windy Corner. At times, this area can see, as the name implies, freezing, driving winds, but the team had sunshine and pleasant wether for bringing up their cache.…
Mountain Trip lead guide Yoshiko called in an update on the May 13 West Buttress team from Camp Two at 11,200′. The team was back in camp after spending their day caching around infamous Windy Corner at around 13,500′. Not only does this cache set them up to move up to 14,200′, a.k.a. “14-Camp,” but…
Guide Kakiko Ramos Léon called in an update for the Mountain Trip May 13 team, who has made it up to 11,200′ Camp, also known as Camp Two, on the West Buttress. Despite challenging early-season weather, the team anticipates being able set a cache up around Windy Corner at approximately 13,500′. It sounds like everyone…
Today the team moved a load of equipment and supplies to a cache site at 10,000′. It sounds like the everything went smoothly and the team is back at camp, enjoying a dinner prepared by guide Logan. It’s begun snowing and the team will carefully monitor the weather to determine if the conditions are appropriate…
The team took advantage of the calm, clear weather yesterday to move from Base Camp to Camp 1 at 7800′. Mark called in the update, and he reports that the team moved well and was feeling good after the 5 mile trek up the Kahiltna glacier. It sounds like the team is settling in to…
The team arrived at Base Camp! Lead guide Yoshiko reports that it was a smooth flight to Base Camp, and the team is enjoying a hot meal and a beautiful, calm evening. The plan is to eat, relax, then head up the Kahiltna glacier tomorrow to Camp 1 at 7800′. Here’s Yoshiko: recording
Welcome to Alaska, May 13 Denali Team! This will be our 46th consecutive season guiding on Denali, and we’re honored to welcome the May 13 team and all of the other climbers that have trusted us to help them test their fortitude on the highest mountain in North America. At 20,310 feet (6190 m), Denali…