Another day of stormy weather in the Alaska Range today. The team is in good company up at Camp 3, with 2 other Mountain Trip teams waiting out the storm and hoping to move up the mountain. It’s been over a week now since our teams have been able to move up to high camp,…
If wishing could change the weather, our teams at Camp 3 would be moving up to high camp today, but unfortunately the weather isn’t so cooperative. It was another day of wind up high and snow, but things began to settle down as the day wore on leaving them with some hope of moving up…
The Traverse Team is back in civilization tonight after waiting once again for the weather to break so they could fly back to Talkeetna. They didn’t get to summit the mountain, but they sure gave it a good shot, spending 8 days at high camp in some pretty tough conditions. The weather didn’t cooperate on…
The team flew to base camp today! They met early this morning in Anchorage and drove up to Talkeetna where they checked in with the National Park Service, and then went to the airport in hopes of flying onto the glacier. The weather had been preventing flights from getting in to the AK Range for…
The guides met Duncan yesterday for a gear check in Anchorage, and they are off for Talkeetna this morning. They’ll check in with the National Park Service and then head over to the airstrip in hopes of flying to the glacier today. The weather continues to be uncooperative with clouds and rain down in Talkeetna,…
The team was unable to move up to high camp today, as a lot of snow fell on their camp and strong winds buffeted their tents. Diarmud’s report is in the classic understated fashion of the Irish. Other reports we have received indicate that 2′ (60cm) of snow fell on Tuesday and winds of up…
Nick Aiello called in from 14,200′ (4328m) with a report of heavy snowfall today, which kept the guides busy. His report makes it sound like the “Guides All-Star Shoe Band,” featuring Jack on the snow saw, Sean on the grain scoop, Nick on the shovel and Suzanne holding down the tent! 90 km winds and…
Will Hockett, one of our guides on the Warfighter Sports Team, called in an audio post that was partially garbled, due to the relatively small window of southern sky the team has to communicate with the satellites transmitting their phone calls from this camp. It sounds like everyone is having a great time, the team…
The team reached base camp today, but the weather continues to dog them even as they try to get back to Talkeetna. The snow and clouds are preventing planes from reaching base camp so far today, and they do not expect to be able to fly until tomorrow. The crew is settled in with plenty…
The team flew from the sleepy town of Talkeetna, Alaska yesterday and landed on the snowy airstrip known as Kahiltna International Airport, (aka Denali Base Camp). On Sunday, they spent the day making final checks on their equipment and meeting with some folks from the media. The team had a busy day yesterday with an…