The May 22nd West Buttress Denali Expedition team is off the mountain and back in civilization. Here is the final report from their expedition from Lead Guide Karl Welter: Hi everyone and thanks for following along with us on this Denali expedition. We had a few cloudy days up at High Camp at 17,000 ft,…
The May 22nd West Buttress Denali Expedition gave it their best shot, but the weather would not cooperate, so they are beginning their descent down the mountain. Listen here: Audio Recording It sounds like they had an amazing expedition and are feeling content. Also, happy belated birthday to Eva!
The May 22nd Team went for the summit, but then made the wise decision to come back down in the face of adverse weather conditions. They are currently back at High Camp. Learn all about it in this dispatch: Audio Recording It’s so difficult to know when to turn back, but we are incredibly proud…
Waiting, waiting, waiting… Assistant Guide Maddie called in from the May 22nd West Buttress Denali Expedition to report that the team is hunkered down at High Camp waiting for the weather to improve to make their summit attempt. Here’s Maddie: Audio Recording The final camp of Denali, “High Camp”, is situated on the 17,200′ shoulder…
The May 22nd West Buttress Denali Expedition is preparing themselves for a summit attempt by resting and acclimatizing at High Camp. Listen all about it here: Audio Recording They got to practice their “summit drills”, in which climbers practice putting on their goggles, facemask, and heavy mitts without taking their gloves off. This is an…
Climber Eva called in from the May 22nd West Buttress Denali Expedition to report that the team had a long hard day heading up the fixed lines and across the 16,000′ Ridge but they have made it to High Camp! Eva also had some nice shout-outs to her friends and family back home. Here’s Eva:…
The team called in last night after enjoying sleeping in until 10am. The guide team whipped up some amazing high altitude french toast for breakfast paired with some fresh coffee. For their rest day, the crew walked out to the “Edge of the World.” A really great rest day activity at Camp 3. The team…
Assistant Guide Maddie from the May 22nd West Buttress Denali Expedition called in to “report live from 14,000 feet” after a successful day of caching at 16,000′! Here’s Maddie: Audio Recording The team navigated the notorious fixed lines under perfect weather and it sounds like everyone on the team is feeling strong and did great.…
Assistant Guide Dylan (our best guess) called in to report that the May 22nd West Buttress Denali Expedition has completed their “back carry” and retrieved their cache below Camp 3! Listen in here: Audio Recording Now that the May 22nd Team has all of their equipment with them at Camp 3, they can settle in…
The international crew of the May 22nd West Buttress Denali Expedition, with Belgian, Polish, Portuguese, and British climbers (via Hong Kong) called in to let us know that they put in a cache around Windy Corner! Listen here: Audio Recording The climber who called in gives us a great play-by-play of the terrain this team…