May 29 team- rest day
Durny and company took a much-deserved rest day at 17,200′ camp yesterday to recover from their long, hard move from 14 camp the day before. Their plan is now to wait for conditions that allow for a summit bid. Today? Tomorrow? Time and weather will tell.
May 29 team- a hello from high camp!
[audio:http://mountaintripdenali2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/audio-post-2011-06-12-06-50-29.mp3|titles=Audio Post]May 29 team- rest day at 14k
Durny reports a great rest day at 14,200′, eating big and walking around camp visiting other expeditions and repacking gear for the move to high camp. At 10pm guide Yoshiko Miyazaki left 14 camp with Grant and James to descend to basecamp. Everything is ok, Grant and James decided they were happy with their trip…
May 29 team- hello from 14k
[audio:http://mountaintripdenali2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/audio-post-2011-06-10-20-19-21.mp3|titles=Audio Post]May 29 team- carried up the fixed lines
We got a relay through another Mountain Trip group that the May 29 team made a carry up the fixed lines to 16,400′ to cache their last load of gear up high. This sets the stage for a move to high camp on a few days. Most teams take a rest day the day after…
May 29 team from 14k
[audio:http://mountaintripdenali2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/audio-post-2011-06-09-04-26-18.mp3|titles=Audio Post]May 29 team- backcarry from 14,200′
Robert Durnell’s team has called in from 14,200′ camp to report that the team had successfully backcarried their gear from 13,500′ to camp today, which means they are poised to carry most of that same gear and food up the fixed lines to 16,400′. They spent the afternoon today practicing a few technical skills that…
May 29 team – a hello from 11,200′
[audio:http://mountaintripdenali2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/audio-post-2011-06-08-07-31-32.mp3|titles=Audio Post]May 29th Team – Durny reports from 11,200′
Lead guide Rob (Durny) Durnell called in to let us know that the team carried gear around Windy Corner today. Windy Corner is a prominent rib of rock that drops down from over 15,000′ on the West Buttress and creates a challenging zone for climbers to pass on occasion. It sounds like today it was…