All of our climbers are on the way to base camp this morning. They left late last night, and have been working their way around the crevasses of the lower Kahiltna glacier and are almost to base camp this morning. It has been a bit of work, with challenging conditions and weather (again) but…
The team is on the way down the mountain, but are still encountering snow and wind. They are getting pretty used to it by now, but have certainly had their share of bad luck with the weather. They continued down last night to the 11,000 ft basin (Camp 2) and spent the night there. The…
They had a stormy, snowy night last night again at high camp and after a windy morning they are heading down. It’s been a bit disappointing for the team, but they gave it their best shot and sometimes the weather just doesn’t allow you to get to the summit. With the snow and the…
Not much movement today on Denali, they were hoping for slightly improved weather today, but woke to new snow and even more wind this morning. It was another day of the same sort of weather they’ve been experiencing. Everyone is doing fine, but patience is wearing thin. It is often the most difficult part…
Our team is giving it their best shot, but were turned around on their way to high camp today due to high winds. They ascended out of the 14,200 ft basin to the headwall (15,400ft-16,200 ft) where they clipped into fixed ropes that lead to the ridge. They followed the ridge up to about 16,500…
They woke up to blue skies this morning, but the wind was raging up higher on the mountain throughout most of the day. Jared called in this afternoon to get the forecast, which isn’t any better for the next several days. They are still doing well, and trying to stay motivated to be up there,…
The weather hasn’t been kind to the team for the last several days. It was yet another snowy, windy, cloudy day up high on Denali. They are all doing good still, but certainly growing a bit weary of the weather hold. It has been a tough stretch of weather, but we hope it will change…
Here’s Mike with another call from the June 28th team. It’s nice to hear some different voices sometimes. It sounds like they are having a good time in spite of their weather difficulties. [audio:http://mountaintrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/audio-post-2011-07-15-03-09-06.mp3|titles=Audio Post]
They are trying to keep themselves busy up at Camp 3 as they wait for the weather to change so they can move up to high camp. It was another windy, cloudy, and snowy day up there. They spent some of the afternoon today in “crevasse rescue school”. Joe went over several different techniques for…
It was another windy day on the upper reaches of Denali today, so the crew is sitting tight at 14,200 ft. They woke up this morning ready to climb to high camp, but the wind and snow kept them in camp today. They are all doing great, but they are anxious to get climbing again. …