Scott Woolums called in to report good conditions and happy team members last night. The team is at the 11,000′ camp looking to move their equipment and food up to 13,500′. Today the team will carry loads around Windy Corner and dig a two-meter hole in the snow. In that hole, the team will leave…
Today this team carried loads from their cache near Windy Corner back to their camp in the 14’000′ basin. After that, they took time to practice skills required to climb fixed lines and the ridge to Washburn’s thumb. The next section of the mountain is one of the most technical in terms of climbing and…
Everyone on this team is on the summit right now! The weather is good and everyone is working together well. On Summit day reaching the top is only half of the task. The descent follows the West Buttress downhill to Denali Pass. While descending the Autobahn, you can see in the distance, foothills of the…
Today was one of the days you hope for on Denali. This team made great time from 14,000’ to 17,200’. The conditions were ideal and everyone on this team is feeling good. Everyone on this team is looking towards the summit. Every one wants it but we will have to wait and see what the…
Today this team climbed the Fixed Lines above 14,000’ and past Washburn’s Thumb. The weather was perfect and now they are in position to complete their goal. Life at 17, 200’ can be hard but the views are amazing. From High Camp you can see Mt. Foraker, the Kahiltna Glacier, Denali Pass, the Autobahn and…
In the last few days, this team has traveled from Basecamp to Camp 1 and cached their food, fuel and high elevation equipment at 11,200’. The Kahiltna Glacier is enormous and by the end of tomorrow this team will have already traveled a substantial piece of it. At their next camp, this team will practice…
This team has made steady progress uphill. Today they completed one of the hardest days of their trip. After seeing rain, wind and snow our friends got a beautiful day for mountain travel. You can hear the joy in their voices. Today they got to climb Squirrel Hill, the Polo Field and around Windy Corner…
Today the team had a relaxing day at 14 Camp, resting and hydrating in preparation for the move to the upper mountain. David called in the report, but we aren’t sure if it’s David J. or David T. If you know, please identify him! (It’s DAVID JONES – Thanks to his mother for identifying his…
Ignacio called in a post from the site of the team’s Camp 1, located at 7,800′ (2200m) on the Kahiltna Glacier. The team awoke early and hiked about 5 miles (8 km) up the broad Kahiltna, passing stunning peaks and hiking past massive crevasses. Camp 1 is located where a tributary glacier, the Northeast Fork…
Alain Tardif called in from 11,200′. The team carried a load of supplies up and around an iconic feature known as Windy Corner, to cache it all at about 13,500′. As they got higher, they faced some rather biting wind, but they were able to get their task for the day completed. The climbers donned…