April 22 team: still holding at camp 3
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April 22 team: Holding at camp 3
Yoshi checked in last night from camp 3. The range had gotten some weather in the past few days, but at 14,200′ the expedition was looking down on the cloud tops and stayed in the clear. Yesterday morning’s weather was unsettled, with winds in camp all night and 50mph winds forecast for high camp. Dealing…
April 29 Denali Team – At Camp 1
Jason called in from Camp 1 at about 7,800′. The team is doing great and moved well up glacier on a beautiful, but cool day. This was a big push, as they traveled about 5 miles with the biggest loads of the trip. In a nutshell, they packed up camp and moved everything they…
April 22nd Team at Camp 3
Listen to the call from Camp 3 from our April 22nd team! It sounds like everyone is doing well, and getting a taste of Arctic mountaineering as it reached -33 c/ -27f last night. A pretty normal overnight low at 14,000 ft in the Alaska Range this time of year. The recording isn’t great, but…
April 29: skill building at basecamp
Sean called in from base camp this evening to let us know that they are doing great. They spent the first day getting organized and practicing some mountaineering skills before heading up the mighty Kahiltna glacier towards camp 1 tomorrow. Click the link below to listen to his call. recording Spot GPS tracking.
April 22 team: moved to camp 3
Guide Yoshiko Miyazaki called this evening from their newly completed camp at 14,200′. They had yet another long day moving from camp 2 to camp 3, having spent 8 hours and 50 minutes making the path and routefinding through crevasse fields, but they all report being happy, but tired and ready for bed. Tomorrow may…
April 29 team: in basecamp
A layer of clouds in the Alaska Range didn’t keep the April 29 team from flying into basecamp- the team arrived at 7,100′ and set up camp for the first time, ate their first expedition meal and crawled into their sleeping bags. Lead guide’s call into the Mountain Trip office was cut off, as so…
April 29 Team – Meet the Team!
Our April 29th team is about to fly into the base camp at 7,200′ (2380m) on the Kahiltna Glacier. They met yesterday in Anchorage and had a full day of team meetings, equipment checks and running around town to pick up last minute necessities. Today, they drove up to the small, end of the road…
Carry to 13,500′
Lead guide Mike Burmesiter called last night to report his team returning to camp 2 after an 8 1/2 hour round trip to cache gear above windy corner. They broke trail again to 13,500′ but Mike was happy with the strength and motivation of his expedition. Today they plan to pack up camp, travel the…
April 22 team checks in
recording Here’s the latest from the team at camp 2.