Well, a weary, yet happy group of climbers flew off the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier earlier today. The entire May 26 team is back in the thick warm, humid air of Talkeetna, showering, eating anything but “mountain food” and probably “hydrating” a little bit as well. We launched a van to bring them…
On Sunday, June 9th, a team of climbers met a guide team from Mountain Trip to finish their packing and preparations for an attempt on the iconic West Buttress route of Denali. The team has been preparing for this challenge for months, and they are now taking the first steps up the Kahiltna Glacier that…
Saeed Kiam called in from the beautiful basin camp at 11,200′ today. The team had hoped to push up and around Windy Corner to establish themselves at the bustling 14,200′ (4340) site of Camp 3, but Windy Corner lived up to it’s name today, and they remained in camp, waiting for the winds to let…
Our guide Ted Grosgebauer called in from 14,200′ as the team took their first weather day of the expedition. They are all set to move up to high camp, but the tell tale plumes of snow streaming off the ridge between where they currently are, and where they want to go next, told them that…
The team took a planned rest and acclimatization day today, which fortunately coincided with some winds up high and a sort of mixed bag of weather at their camp, in the large basin at 14,200 feet. This is the first true rest day that the team has taken, and it sounds like they used the…
Nicole graciously shared a few pictures from of the team, and we’d like to share them with all of you!
The team is getting the job done up there and carried a load of food and gear to cache up at 13,500 ft today in preparation for moving up to Camp 3 tomorrow. It’s been nice with some snow in the afternoons lately, but they don’t expect a lot of snow or any significant change…
Roxana Chavez called in from the big, bustling camp at 14,200′. Today was a planned rest and acclimatization day, the first true rest day that the team has taken since starting up the glacier. They took a short hike to the edge of the basin, a spot known as “The Edge of the World,” for…
Rick Piette called in today, following the team’s push to the summit of Denali! The team moved up to high camp at 17,200′ on Friday, trying to get ahead of a change in the weather that looked like it was building and due to arrive on Sunday. They made the difficult decision to attempt the…
Alex Strauss called in the dispatch from the Mountain Trip June 2nd expedition this evening. Today they had a slightly shorter day of work as they went down from Camp 2 to the cache they’d left 2 days prior and carried their gear up the hill about an hour to camp. It was a day…