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…
Zach reports that all is going great and the team is adjusting readily to the higher altitude. They backcarried to 13,500′ yesterday to have all their supplies in camp, and today may be the day the team moves up the fixed lines to carry their gear to the last cache they will make at 16,200′…
Zach called in to report that the group had made a great move from 11k to 14.2k yesterday, so they are now sleeping in at a higher elevation this morning and planning on travelling down the trail to pick up some gear they have cached at 13,500′. Everyone reports feeling strong and healthy so let’s…
Zach checked in to let us know that they made their carry around Windy Corner during the afternoon. [audio:http://mountaintripdenali2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/audio-post-2011-05-24-04-29-04.mp3|titles=Audio Post]
Ben Adkinson called in to let us know that the team remained in camp at 11,200′ today. The winds up above them were pretty brutal, and they did not want to push it in such conditions. It sounds like they took the day to load up on calories, as they seem to have feasted. I’ve…
Zach called in this morning to report that he had arranged for one of his clients to descend to basecamp with a Mountain Trip team. Hideko is now in safely in Talkeetna, most likely looking to change out of mountain clothes and make some phone calls. The rest of the team took a short walk…
Mountain Trip guide, Zach Johnson calls in the podcast today. [audio:http://mountaintripdenali2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/audio-post-2011-05-21-06-50-07.mp3|titles=Audio Post]
Zach Johnson has arrived at 11,000′ with the entire expedition in his wake. Temperatures were reported to be tolerable despite a stout headwind, and now after probing their campsite to prove the absence of crevasses they are tucked in behind snow walls as the wind is forecasted to pick up even more today. Climbers start…
Zach Johnson gave us a ring from Camp 1 on the Kahiltna Glacier. [audio:http://mountaintripdenali2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/audio-post-2011-05-18-03-35-50.mp3|titles=Audio Post]