Hello to all of those who have been following our progress up the Mountain. Our Denali expedition has come to an end, and although not all of the team members made it to the summit, all of them gave it their best and I couldn’t have asked for anything more. Thank you to Terry, Leif, Greg…
Teamwork ruled the day! Rob Caldwell and Terry Robertson from our May 27th team joined forces with Lead Mountain Trip Guide Kristin Arnold, Matt Millard, Asher Perez, Roi Negri and guide Kakiko Ramos-Leon to climb to the top of north America! They had a bluebird day and enjoyed the view from the summit with no…
Guide Rob Caldwell called in an update on (part of) the May 27 West Buttress team from High Camp. Rob and Terry are taking a rest day to prepare for tomorrow, which will hopefully be their summit day! They will pair up with the May 30th West Buttress Team for an attempt on the summit.…
Climber Leif called in an update on the other half of the May 30 from 14,200′ camp on the route. The team decided to split, with Terry and guide Rob sticking around at High Camp for as long as the trip will allow, hoping for a good summit window. Today, the team will take on…
Jesse Wright and Leif Anderson called in from the summit of Denali! The team made good time en route to the top of North America, reaching the 20,310′ summit in about seven hours from their 17,200′ High Camp. We don’t have more details at this time, and it sounded like the call cut out before…
Here’s another recording that came through from the May 27 team on the summit! recording
Terry reports in from High Camp at 17,200′. A long and beautiful day of climbing took them up the fixed lines and across the 16,000′ ridge to High Camp. This is one of the most spectacular days of climbing on the mountain as you traverse a narrow snow and ice covered ridge-line speckled with granite…
Jesse Wright calls in from their Camp at 14,200′. With an early wake this morning the team decided to not move to High Camp due to high winds up on the ridge and over the summit. In these situations, 14 Camp is a beautiful place to live while you wait out the cold and challenging…
Team calls in with some static and a challenging satellite connection. They are currently taking another rest day at camp 14,200′ waiting for the weather to allow them to climb up and across the 16,000′ ridge to high camp. Once at high camp, positioned at 17,200′, the team will be poised to attempt a summit…
Mountain Trip Guide Ty Guarino gave us a shout from the 14,200′ site of their Camp 3 on the West Buttress route of Denali. The team took a rest day today, further building their acclimatization and recovering from the hard work they’ve been performing recently. The weather was mixed, with winds higher up on the…