Mountain Trip guide Jason Denley called in from 17,200′ on the West Buttress, after the team made their move to High Camp. They will make their summit push TODAY 5/26. Here’s Jason:
Mountain Trip climber Sophie Chung called an update on the May 11 Denali West Buttress expedition, who will be making the move up to High Camp at 17,200′. Per Sophie’s request, our fingers are crossed for clear weather and we’re hoping they’re met with sunshine this morning! The May 11 West Buttress team will join…
A Mountain Trip climber on the May 13 Denali West Buttress team, who unfortunately doesn’t identify himself (if listeners can, please do so in the comments) called in an update once again from 14,200′-Camp. The team got an appreciated late start to the day complete with a fresh-cooked hot breakfast. The spent yesterday doing an…
Mountain Trip guide Nicole Lawton called in an update on the May 18 Denali West Buttress team at Camp Two at 11,200′, who spent the day yesterday retrieving their cache near Kahiltna Pass at around 10,500′. Today, depending on the weather, they will attempt to place another, high cache to set them up for their…
Mountain Trip climber Don Cash called in an update on the May 21 Denali West Buttress team. They awoke up at 3 a.m. to near daylight and an unfortunate 8 inches of snow that collapsed their kitchen tent–which they were able to hastily repair. They broke down and packed up their camp at 7,200′ Denali…
Mountain Trip guide Dave Nesis called in an update on the May 8 Denali West Buttress team, who were unfortunately prevented from moving to High Camp at 17,200′. Yesterday marked just over two weeks on the West Buttress route. The team should be moving up to High Camp today 5/24 if the weather permits. Yesterday…
Mountain Trip climber Hunter Foreman called in a creative update from 14,200′ camp on Denali, wherein he evoked the great poet Robert Frost to help describe the “fire” and “ice” of the Alaska Range. With some time weathered in at 14-Camp, it sounds as if the team has had plenty of time to get creative…
Guide Zach Keskinen called in an update on the May 10 West Buttress Expedition with Brian Dagg. Like other Mountain Trip teams, they were prevented from moving up to High Camp from Camp Three at 14,200′ due to poor weather conditions. Here’s Zach!
The May 11 West Buttress Team called in an update from the route. The team is keeping up their good humor as has been the trend for their sat phone updates throughout the expedition! Cached up around Washburn’s Thumb at around 16,200′ to put them in a good position to move up to High Camp…
The May 18 Denali West Buttress Team made the move from Camp One at 7,800′ to Camp Two at 11,200′. They will likely spend today (5/24) to backcarry and retrieve their cache at 10,500′ near Kahiltna Pass. Here’s the update!