Lead guide Fischer Hazen called in an update on the May 19 Team from High Camp at 17,200′ on the West Buttress, who took a rest and weather day, continuing to acclimate. The team had views of high winds up above them on the route. Over the next couple of days they will be keeping…
To the friends and family of the May 6th Denali expedition: I am writing our final dispatch from my home in Anchorage, Alaska. Our climbing team is off the mountain and safe. I wanted to send a big thank you to all who supported the climbers while they were away from home. Despite not…
The team is resting and relaxing after the big move up to High Camp at 17,200′ today. It sounds like the move went smoothly and the team will be watching the weather carefully, preparing for the last push to the summit. Here’s Fischer with today’s report: recording
The team is back at camp, resting and eating and getting ready for the descent. Well done, climbers! Here’s Kevin with an outline of the schedule for the next few days: recording
Unfortunately Jason’s trip dispatch was cut short, but nonetheless it’s nice to hear his voice and to hear that the team made the big move from 14 Camp to High Camp at 17,200′. It’s an exhausting day, but completely exhilarating to climb the fixed lines, wind along the ridge, the arrive at High Camp. The…
Climber Gary Lewis from the May 21 West Buttress team called in an update from Camp Three on the mountain, at 14,200′, after a big push from 11,200′. The team climbed through the cloud layer that generally hangs around Denali Pass and emerged to great weather up high. The team will spend a few days…
Mountain Trip guide Matt Park called in an update for the May 20 West Buttress team from Camp Three on the mountain, at 14,200′, after a big push from 11,200′. The team climbed through the cloud layer that generally hangs around Denali Pass and emerged to great weather up high. The team will spend a…
Climber Christopher Twiss called in an update on the May 24 Denali West Buttress Team, five days into their expedition, at Camp Two! They made the move up from 7,800′ to 11,200′ after caching above Ski Hill near Denali Pass. The team enjoyed perfect weather for climbing, with beautiful views of the summit and back…
Congratulations to the climbers of our May 13, 2019 Denali expedition! Linda Wohlgemuth, Katsuya Fukunaga, and Mark Kitchenman stood atop North America today, accompanied by Mountain Trip guides Yoshiko Miazaki-Back, Logan Demarcus and Kakiko Ramos-Leon. They pushed hard through a variety of weather to reach the summit of Denali. Unfortunately, the team lost the satellite…
Kevin Cook and Eric Bauernschmidt, along with Mountain Trip guides Jason Denley and Tyler Weller reached the summit of North America today! Congratulations to all the climbers for such strong work, during a challenging, cold expedition! Here is the team, calling out heartfelt messages from 20,310′ on top of Denali- recording