Photos from May 24 Team
Thanks to lead guide Jesse Wright for these photos!
May 24th West Buttress Team – All The Best From AK
After a successful summit on the 9th, our team took our time moving down from High Camp to reap the benefits of oxygen rich air at Camp 3. We spent a few hours resting and then continued our descent. On the way down we stopped at our other camps to dig up our caches and…
May 24 Team in Talkeetna
The team is back in town! After a looooong descent from High Camp, the team hopped on a plane at Base Camp and headed to the oxygen laden air in Talkeetna. David reports that the team is doing well, if a bit sore in the toes from the long descent. Again, well done, team! Here’s…
SUMMIT!!! May 24 Team
A very happy, excited May 24 team called to report that the team achieved the summit! Well done, team. It’s a very brief report, but charged with emotion: recording
May 24 Denali Team Resting at High Camp
The May 24 Denali team is taking a well deserved rest day at high camp (17,200ft) after moving up yesterday. They are acclimatizing, recovering, and preparing for a shot at the summit tomorrow! The weather is looking good and they are optimistic that they’ll get a shot at a summit attempt soon. In the meantime,…
May 24 West Buttress Team at High Camp!
Mountain Trip guide Jesse Yon called in an update for the May 24 team, able to make the move up to High Camp at 17,200′ in good weather! Today, the team will take a rest day to further their acclimatization, and will keep an eye on their potential summit window in the coming days. Here’s…
May 24 Denali West Buttress attempted to cache on 16-Ridge
Mountain Trip guide Jesse Wright called in an update on the May 24 Denali West Buttress team, from Camp Three at 14,200′. The team cached a bit lower than intended and cached near the fixed lines instead. If the weather allows, the team plans to move up to High Camp today, June 7 at 17,200′…
May 24 Team arrives at Camp Three, to take a rest/acclimatization day
Climber Hilary Kunz called in an update on the May 24 Denali West Buttress expedition, who reached Camp Three at 14,200′. The team will spend a few days at Camp Three, a crucial acclimatization stop along the route. Next order of business for the team will be shuttling gear up from their previous cache at…
May 24 Team Caches at 13,700′
The May 24th team seized an opportunity with a break in the weather to move a load of equipment and supplies to a cache site at 13,700′. Guide Brett reports that the team moved well and everyone was feeling good with the change in altitude. Thankfully Windy Corner did not live up to it’s name,…
May 24 Denali West Buttress Team awaiting weather window to set Windy Corner Cache
Mountain Trip guide Jesse Yon called in an update for the May 24 team, who was wrapping up their second rest day at Camp Two, 11,200′. The team spent the day catching up on sleep, replenishing calories and gambling their snacks as wind and snow prevented them from moving up the route to cache around…