Everyone flew off the mountain last night back to the relative civilization of Talkeetna. They were all pretty tired after a long night of travel. It was a good effort by all the climbers, but the weather just never cooperated to allow them to reach the summit. We’ll get a good trip recap posted from…
They are all in base camp this morning and just waiting for flights now. They had a bit of a tedious journey down this morning, breaking trail in the new snow and pretty bad visibility early in the day, but they didn’t have too much problem with crevasses, and are happy to be in base…
All of our climbers are on the way to base camp this morning. They left late last night, and have been working their way around the crevasses of the lower Kahiltna glacier and are almost to base camp this morning. It has been a bit of work, with challenging conditions and weather (again) but…
The team is on the way down the mountain, but are still encountering snow and wind. They are getting pretty used to it by now, but have certainly had their share of bad luck with the weather. They continued down last night to the 11,000 ft basin (Camp 2) and spent the night there. The…
They had a stormy, snowy night last night again at high camp and after a windy morning they are heading down. It’s been a bit disappointing for the team, but they gave it their best shot and sometimes the weather just doesn’t allow you to get to the summit. With the snow and the…
They woke up to blue skies this morning, but the wind was raging up higher on the mountain throughout most of the day. Jared called in this afternoon to get the forecast, which isn’t any better for the next several days. They are still doing well, and trying to stay motivated to be up there,…
The weather hasn’t been kind to the team for the last several days. It was yet another snowy, windy, cloudy day up high on Denali. They are all doing good still, but certainly growing a bit weary of the weather hold. It has been a tough stretch of weather, but we hope it will change…
They woke up to wind and snow again this morning, and weren’t able to try for the top today. The wind settled down a bit this afternoon around the 17,000 ft level where they are camped, but it continued to blow above them. Tomorrow they’ll do it all again and hope for a better day.
It was a bit snowy and windy today on Denali, but this evening the weather broke and they are enjoying beautiful views from high camp. They are ready to go for the summit, and if the weather continues to cooperate, they’ll leave tomorrow morning. Everyone is doing great, and getting excited to give it a…
The crew spent a day watching the snow fall and wind blow today up at 17,200 ft on Denali. They got out of their tents to walk about a bit, and fortify the snow block walls that they have protecting their tents, but it was mostly a tent day. They are doing great, but bad…