We just got a call from our guide Ian Nicholson, from our June 2nd team. His group is packing up to head to the summit as I type. Greg, Joe and Josh from our second May 30th team left high camp about five minutes ago and are walking towards the base of the long, rising…
As we have tried to stress in our previous posts, satellite calls from Denali are not a sure thing, and this season it seems as if satellite connections are more temperamental than ever, so teams cannot always call in an audio post. We do have updates on all of our teams, and want to keep…
The team awoke early today, looked out of their tents and saw that the weather looked favorable. They packed up and pushed up to the summit of Denali!! The climb took them about 7 hours before they reached the top. The weather was great and they are enjoying clear, huge views of the Alaska Range…
The team climbed up to about 16,400ft yesterday and put a small cache of food and gear in the snow in preparation for moving to high camp soon. Today was a day to rest and acclimate before the push to high camp and hopefully the summit soon after. It’s been busy up there as many…
The winds stopped blowing and the climbers who’ve been pent up at Camp 3 burst onto the upper mountain today. They started up the hill early this morning heading for high camp, and Priya turned around at some point with one of her guides and is back at Camp 3 tonight. Greg is at high…
Dave called in from the June 9th “Into Thin Hair” expedition this evening. They’ve moved on up to Camp 2 at 11,000 ft and had beautiful weather so far. The winds on the upper mountain haven’t stopped this team from being able to climb and move on up. The forecast continues to look great for…
After several days of watching the winds blow on the upper mountain, the team was rewarded with a beautiful day and took advantage of the change in weather to climb to high camp. It’s one of the most beautiful days of climbing of the trip and it sounds like they enjoyed it. They may go…
The wind has been blowing up high on Denali for the last several days keeping teams from moving to high camp and getting a summit shot. Several teams are poised at Camp 3 (14,200ft) waiting to move up to high camp, and teams on the lower mountain are still able to climb and move up. …
Ian called in with the evening dispatch tonight from the team. They moved up to Camp 3 at 14,200 ft yesterday, and had a slightly more relaxing day today. They’ll make themselves comfortable at this camp as they’ll be spending several nights here prior to pushing up to high camp. Here’s Ian with some special…
Alan called in for the evening dispatch from the May 30 Denali team. It’s been windy up at high camp and the team is waiting for the weather to settle down a bit before moving up and pushing for the summit. Here’s Alan. recording