The May 4 Mountain Trip Denali team enjoyed a spectacular day up at the 14,200 ft camp as they rested and prepared to head up to high camp in the coming days. They did some training for the fixed lines and running belay sections they’ll encounter up higher in the steeper and more exposed terrain…
The Mountain-Network team moved up from their camp at 2377 m (7800 feet), hiking roughly 7.42 Km (4.5 miles) up the Kahiltna Glacier to their new home for the next few days at 3414 m (11,200′). It was a clear day and the team made good work of their move. Unfortunately, one of the team…
Eric Green called in an update form the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier. The team drove up to Talkeetna, Alaska yesterday, where they were treated to an orientation about climbing Denali by Climbing Rangers from the South District (Talkeetna) Ranger Station, something required of all Denali climbers. They then weighed all their gear and…
Lead Guide Sebasitan Grau called in from a beautiful basin at 11,200′ on the West Buttress route, as the team acclimatizes in preparation for their alpine style ascent of the West Rib. The climbers are fit and excited to be gaining elevation. Today they climbed up from 7800′ in what Seba describes as a relatively…
Each year, beginning in late April or early May, climbers from around the world arrive in Alaska, intent to attempt the tallest mountain in North America, Denali. At 20,310 feet (6190 m), it rises a full 18,000 feet 5486 m) above its surrounding landscape. It has the highest vertical rise of any planet on earth,…
Mountain Trip guide Fischer Hazen called in from our May 11 team’s Camp 1 at 7800′ (2377 m). Today, the team took advantage of clear weather to carry loads of supplies higher on the route, burying their loads in a deep snow pit at about 10,500′ (3200 m). The morning began with the team climbing…
Lead Guide Joe Butler called in after the team carried loads of supplies up to a cache site at about 13,500′ (4115 m) this morning. This was a tough day, as the crew broke trail through deep snow up two steep hills that rise immediately out of Camp 2. Motorcycle Hill climbs up a thousand…
Mountain Trip guide Jason Denley called from 14,200′ (4328 m) on the West Buttress route of Denali. The team took an active rest day today, hiking a short ways to a spectacular overlook called “The Edge of the World.” They climbed up on a granite outcrop and peered down thousands of feet into the foreboding…
Jason Aldine called in from the basin camp at 11,200′ with an update on the Dsiabled Sports USA Warfighter Challenge Team. Today, the climbers carried loads of supplies up the steep Motorcycle Hill, which rises immediately outside of their camp. After a thousand feet of climbing, they took a break before continuing up even steeper…
The team moved up the broad Kahiltna Glacier today, carrying the heaviest loads of the trip roughly five miles (8 km) up glacier. Well, the route actually started with a descent from Base Camp, down the tributary Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier, following it as it flowed down to meet the main body of…