Brian Muller called in from 11,200′ to bring us up to speed on our May 27 West Buttress team. They dropped back down to their cache site today, descending about 1700′ to dig up the buried supplies thy had left in a snow pit a couple days ago. The weather has been absolutely perfect today,…
Mountain Trip guide Glenn Cramer called in on behalf of Shan Huang and the Mountain Trip May 28 team. They had a beautiful day today, hiking about five miles up the long Kahiltna Glacier to a flat, compact spot at about 7,800′ (2195 m). They set up their first camp of the expedition (Camp 1)…
Lead Guide Eli Potter called in from Camp 1 on the Kahiltna Glacier. He describes today as a “Goldilocks Day,” not too hot and not too cold. The trail was firm and made for relatively easy travel as the team hiked about five miles up the 44 mile long Kahiltna Glacier. The vastness of the…
Linda Wohlgemuth called in from Genet Basin, a huge bowl that will be the site of the May 19th team’s Camp 3 as they continue their ascent of Denali. The team had a great day today, taking advantage of clear, blue skies to not only pack up camp and move up 3000′, but they also…
Marlies Neefjes (I think!?) called in from our May 15th team. Her message is entirely in Dutch, so if anyone out there can help translate, “Help alstublieft!!” The team took advantage of an absolutely perfect day to carry loads of supplies up the steepest part of the West Buttress route, caching their loads above what…
Abe Wheeler checked in after the team carried loads of supplies up and around the infamous, Windy Corner, to cache at an elevation of 13,500′ today. The day began with a climb right out of camp up the steepest slope they have yet encountered on the route, Motorcycle Hill. This thousand foot climb led them…
Lead Guide Sebastian Grau called in from 17,200′ this afternoon, after our West Rib team climbed up to high Camp in a very fast time of under five hours! The team did great and moved amazingly well, a tribute to their training and to the fact that they set a modern-era Mountain Trip record of…
It was a snowy, windy morning with low visibility at 11 camp and the team decided to stay in camp. It sounds like the weather cleared up a bit in the afternoon, and Lead Guide Adam reports clear skies for the first time in days. Here’s Adam: recording
14 Camp received 12″ of new snow overnight, and while the team woke up to blue skies, the team decided to allow the new snow to settle before moving up the fixed lines. It sounds like everyone is eager to get climbing and they are keeping spirits high. According to Paul, the team was able…
Lead Guide Brian Kramp called in on behalf of Shan Huang to let us know that they flew into Base Camp under clear, blue skies. Glenn Cramer and Taylor Pyle made a lap up the broad Kahiltna Glacier to drop loads of gear at the site of the team’s planned Camp 1 on their ascent…