It must have been a warm day moving up the glacier yesterday; climber Julien called in an update on the May 20 West Buttress team from Camp One, which he noted felt like a beach–except for the team was “only missing margaritas.” While the move from Base Camp at 7,200′ to Camp One at 7,800′…
Climber Kevin Cook called in an update on the team from 14,200′ on the West Buttress, after retrieving their cache from above Windy Corner at around 13,400′; now they have all of their gear and kit up at . They plan to cache up high on the ridge at around 16,300′ to set them up…
The May 6 team called in a somewhat unclear message from 14-Camp; the team is ready to move up to High Camp if a weather window allows safe passage. This message unfortunately cuts out a lot, but here’s the team: recording
Guide Yoshiko called in an update on the May 13 West Buttress team, from Camp Three at 14,200′. The team backcarried to retrieve their cache at around 13,400′ near Windy Corner, and also placed a high cache up on the ridge at around 16,300′, above the steep headwall above camp. This puts them into position…
Mountain Trip guide Nicole Lawton called in an update on the Private Jay West Buttress team, who is settling in at Camp Two. The team had just had Pad Thai for dinner at 11,200′, and seemed to be in good spirits. Today they plan to have an active rest day, retrieving their cache near Denali…
Climber Sonia called in an update on the May 17 West Buttress team at Camp Two. Descended to pick up their cache, good weather. Here’s Sonia! recording
Mountain Trip lead guide Brian Kramp called in an update on the May 6 West Buttress team, who took a rest day yesterday after caching on the high ridge above the fixed lines. He said today the team would likely take another rest and weather day at 14-camp today, May 22, and wait for a…
Climber Linda Wohglemuth called in an update for the May 13 West Buttress Team, from Camp Three at 14,200′ on the mountain. The team backcarried to retrieve their cache below Windy Corner and settled in for another night at 14-Camp. Here’s Linda–unfortunately the update gets cut off fairly quickly due to poor signal. recording
Climber Eric called in an update on the team who successfully made the move up to 14,200′, also known as 14-Camp, where they will settle in for a few days. Weather permitting, they will head back down around Windy Corner to around 13,400′ to retrieve their cache. They will spend several days at 14,200′ to…
Guide Kristin Arnold called in an update from Denali Base Camp, where the team had beautiful, clear views of the surrounding high peaks in the range, including the summit of Denali nearly 14,000′ above! The team will make the move up to Camp One further up the glacier tomorrow, located at 7,800′. Here’s Kristin with…