Patience paid off for Jürgen Landmann nd Lead Guide Rob “Durny” Durnell today! They reached the summit of Denali on a day of mixed clouds and after many challenges to the team. As they were on the top, they saw lightning storms form below them, and so they did not spend much time on the…
Durny reports that he and Jurgen moved to High Camp this afternoon. The team arrived at High Camp after climbing up 3000′ from their Camp 3. They ascended the fixed lines once again and this time, they continued climbing up a spectacular ridge that leads to the site of High Camp. The plan is to…
It was an exciting day for the June 23 team, especially for Brandyn and Dawn. He proposed and she said “YES!” Congratulations and best of luck on this next great adventure. In other news 🙂 the team carried a load of equipment and supplies to a cache site at 13,500′. The load carrying climbers…
Ken Jeppesen and (I believe) Anders Tomsen called in from Camp 1 at 7,800′ (2377m) on the broad Kahiltna Glacier. the team traveled during the twilight hours of the Alaskan night to reach camp, as it has been very hot on the glaicer during the Day. The climbers mentioned ice baths in perhaps a bit…
Lead Guide Caitlin Hague called in from 17,200′. The team moved up today on what she described as a glorious day of blue skies interspersed with light snow showers. The ridge is a spectacular place, with fun, engaging climbing weaving between rocky outcrops and along knife edged snow ridges. The exposure off to each side…
Josh Oakley called in from 11,200′, the site of the June 23rd Team’s Camp 2. The team dropped down about a thousand feet to retrieve a cache of supplies that they had buried in the snow a couple days earlier. This process of “double carrying” enables the team to both move the heaps of food,…
The June 15th team flew off the glacier today, arriving in the small town of Talkeetna shortly after noon Alaska time. They were met by a van and driver from Mountain Trip, and driven south to Anchorage, where they will have a celebratory dinner before arranging their flights home to Santiago, Chile. El equipo…
Lead Guide Adam Smith called in from the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier. The team flew onto the glacier today after a brief weather delay in Talkeetna. Arriving at 7,200′, they spent the afternoon sorting their kit into individual loads and rigging the sleds that will help them haul all that gear. They plan…
Jacqueline “Caribou” Heller called in from 14,200′ after the team took a rest day following yesterday’s carrying of loads of supplies up the steepest part of the route to cache at about 16,400′. That was a tough day, but the energy in Caribou’s voice tells us that she and the team are doing great and…
Our guide Brian Kramp called in on behalf of the June 23rd team. They took a weather day at 7,800′, which is a difficult decision to make so low on the mountain, but it proved to be a good call, and they were able to move up to 11,200′ in tough, but decent weather. They…