Hello Everyone, thanks for following along with our trip. We had a good time up there and all came back safely and still friends, which is the ultimate goal. We all would have loved to have reached the summit, but like many of the expeditions this year the weather prevented that from happening. The mountains force us…
The June 21 team called in their dispatch as they began the process of breaking camp down at Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m). Despite this team’s patience with the weather on Denali this season, the poor travel conditions have not let up and the forecast isn’t showing that a summit bid would be successful…
The June 21 team called in from Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m) where they have taken yet another rest day due to poor travel conditions on the upper mountain. Morale is still high however and the team is keeping themselves occupied with reinforcing the snow walls around their camp. It’s truly a test of…
The June 21 team spent their ninth day at Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m) resting in their tents, between extra tasty camp meals, and a team cribbage tournament! Like all teams on Denali right now weather has made travel and progress to the upper mountain nearly impossible. The team is hoping the high winds…
The June 21 team radioed in from Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m) where they are reinforcing snow walls around their tents and preparing to ride out the latest storm to hit the Alaskan Range this season. The team reports high winds and a poor weather forecast in the days ahead. They are sending best…
The June 21 Team celebrated the Fourth of July with a corn hole toss tournament on their sixth night at Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m). The team loves this well-equipped camp so much they hardly want to leave! From here they are waiting for the weather to improve on the upper mountain so they…
The June 21 team enjoyed a well-deserved rest day at 14 Camp, located in the beautiful Genet basin. Team members took the opportunity to fortify camp by building snow walls to protect camp from forecasted high winds and snow. A rest day also gives a team the opportunity to generally rest, relax, hydrate, and prepare…
Lead guide Kyle Hornor called in the dispatch for the June 21 Denali expedition team that has been making steady progress up the West Buttress route and has landed at Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m) midway up the mountain. Since this team began their climb of the tallest peak in North America, Denali 20,300…
The June 21 Team called in to let us all know that they have successfully climbed from Denali base camp 7,200 ft (2194 m) to Camp 1 7,800 ft (2377 m). From the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier, the crew departed base camp, dropped down the infamous Heartbreak Hill, and onto the glacier itself.…
Lead Guide Kyle Horner called in from the airstrip in Talkeetna, Alaska to let us know that the weather just wasn’t giving up its grip on the Alaska Range. This is frustrating for climbers trying to get into the Range, but it’s kind of crushing for climbers who are trying to get back out to…