Hello friends and family; Qobin, Zak and I are back to civilization after a safe, fun, and successful trip. We were up and back in a blistering(no pun intended) 15 days. We were endured a few storm days but otherwise were blessed with good weather when we needed it. Qobin is off now to…
Peter called in with the final podcast for Qobin’s Denali expedition. The team is back in Anchorage, and Qobin is actually on a plane heading back to Malaysia. We wish him safe travels and thank him for joining us on Denali. This was his second attempt at the peak, but his first with Mountain Trip. …
Four separate expeditions are now out of the mountains and living it up in town. Burmeister and his West Buttress team are spending the night in Talkeetna, while the West Rib team, Qobin’s expedition and the Northwest Buttress crew are sleeping soundly in Anchorage. Good work and congratulations to all the expeditions, and welcome back!
Qobin, Pi and Zach are headed back down to Base Camp and took a break at the 14,200′ camp to pick up some equipment they left there on their ascent. They had a great day on the summit and are feeling very fortunate right now. They should be in Base Camp tomorrow. [audio:http://mountaintripdenali2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/audio-post-2011-05-29-00-44-27.mp3|titles=Audio Post]
Pi just called, he reports that he and Qobin, as well as Mike Burmeister’s entire expedition, are back at high camp after a long descent from the summit of Denali. 2nd guide Zack descended earlier and welcomed both expeditions as they returned to camp. Right now guides are sitting around stoves making hot water and…
Pi and Qobin are on the summit right now, taking pictures and enjoying the view. They have a long descent but will work their way down carefully and methodically. They will let me know when they reach high camp safely.
Pi, Zack and Qobin are leaving high camp in a few minutes to see if conditions will permit a summit bid. They are joined by another Mountain Trip team who have been holding at high camp for a few days, and they all plan to travel together today. They are going to keep me updated,…
The team is considering going for the top today, and judging from the Talkeetna Air Taxi webcam, it sure looks like a beauty! We have three teams poised to summit today, so maybe they’ll have a Mountain Trip party on the summit. We’ll keep you posted as the day unfolds.
It sounds like Qobin, Pi and Zach Quine had a pretty nice day as they moved up to high camp today. From their description, the weather was a bout as good as it ever gets up there today! They left the comfort of the large 14,200′ (4328m) camp and climbed up about 400m of moderately…
We just heard about another accident on Denali that occurred last night. This was not a Mountain Trip team. All our climbers are doing fine at this time. Details are not clear at this time, but apparently four climbers roped together fell while descending from Denali Pass. Two of the climbers did not survive. We…