Brett reports the team made it safely back to High Camp! Congratulations again to this team for their efforts. Summit day is a long day with many variables and we are glad to hear the team was able to summit and get back to High Camp in time for a little sleep. Yesterday they descended…
Here is the May 14 team’s report from the SUMMIT!! Congratulations team! Lead guide Logan DeMarcus reports the team is making strong work of this big push, and at the time of his call from the top of Denali at 20,310′ (6190m) he reports they will enjoy their sunset walk back to High Camp. They…
Congratulations to the climbers from our May 14th West Buttress expedition for reaching the summit of Denali! I’ve been following their location on a Garmin inReach satellite device and they reached the top of North America about eight hours after departing their 17,200 foot High Camp. We did not receive a satellite phone call from…
Florian called in last night. The team was able to take a rest day yesterday in preparation for the big summit attempt today! Not much else to report. The weather is looking prime and we with the team the best of luck. Can’t wait to hear their next update! Go team! A photo of High…
Lead guide Logan updates us from High Camp! The team was able to push through the tough conditions, past the fixed lines, and up to the High Camp location at 17,200′ (5242m) yesterday. They join two other teams who have been waiting out the weather at High Camp for a summit window. The May 14…
Derek calls in a nicely detailed update from Camp 3 last night. This is the teams 3rd day in Camp 3. They have set up their cache at 16,200′ (4937m) but have been held back from moving up the mountain due to weather. All of our teams higher up on the mountain are in the same…
Andrew called in with the report last night. The team has set up their cache at 16,200′ (4937m), and now they are just waiting for the winds on the upper mountain to calm down a bit so they can join two of our other teams at High Camp. Not too much else to report here!…
We really enjoyed listening to today’s update! Kudos to the performer. The May 14 team enjoyed a rest day at Camp 3. No significant updates from these folks. They are resting up and getting ready for the move to High Camp, which they should be doing today. The upper mountain is seeing some colder temps…
The Stokemaster strikes again, give this entertaining report a listen! Grant calls in from Camp 3 around 14,000′ (4267m) to let us know that the May 14 team has put in a cache on the ridge at 16,200′ (4937m). They had a character building time on the fixed lines, encountering blue ice, steep snow, and…
Brett called in last night to update us from 14,200′ (4328m). The team likely slept in a bit before carrying mostly empty backpacks down to the Windy Corner cache site at 13,200′ (4023m). Upon arrival they dug out their cache and packed up their bags to ascend back to camp. They spent the day resting…