Base camp is located at 7,200 on the Southeast fork of the Kahiltna Glacier. It can be a bustling place, with the deep drone of aircraft echoing off the surrounding walls. Here are some images to help readers get a sense of what your friends and family are experiencing on their Denali climb. …
Lead guide Rob “Durny” Durnell called in from the team’s new home– the beautiful basin camp at 11,200 feet. It sounded like the team had a tough go of it today, moving up through whiteout conditions, navigating by GPS and the occasional wand that they could see from their carry up through this stretch of…
Lead guide Rob Durnell called in after the team made a carry up to 11,000′ today. The team is traveling on skis, and so this helped them make quick work of their descent after making their cache, despite being roped together the entire time, as per NPS regulations. The team is moving well and having…
Lead guide Rob “Durny” Durnell called in from the team’s Camp 1 at 7,800′ on the Kahiltna Glacier with an update on the team’s progress. They carried all their food, fuel and supplies about five miles up glacier to the junction with the Northeast Fork of the Kahiltna. This site is at what is known…
The team had a busy day today, ending with setting up tents at 7,000 ft on the South East fork of the Kahitlna Glacier at Denali base camp. After a meeting and gear check yesterday, they met early this morning in Anchorage for the 2 hour drive up to the little town of Talkeetna which…
We’d like to welcome Joe Marinucci to Alaska! Joe will be joining senior Mountain trip guide Rob “Durny” Durnell and Chad Peele, a guide with Aspen, CO based Alpenglow Expeditions on an attempt of the West Buttress of North America’s highest peak. The West Buttress is a classic mountaineering challenge that climbs 13,000′ from the…