The May 21 Team has completed their move from Basecamp 7,200 ft (m) to Camp 1 7,800 ft (m)! Departing base camp, we’ll drop down the infamous Heartbreak Hill and onto the broad Kahiltna Glacier. Our goal will be to move camp to about 600 ft (m) up the route, near the junction with the…
The May 13 team continues to do well as they settle into life at Camp 3 14,200 ft. After a well-deserved “chill day” the climbers got to work practicing the techniques that they will use to ascend the fixed lines tomorrow to haul gear to the cache site at 16,100 ft (4907 m). Our goal…
Mountain Trip climber Chris from the May 17 team called in with the dispatch after this crew accomplished “a strong push” around Windy Corner 13,000 ft (3962 m) to their gear cache site. Pulling out of their home base of Camp 2 11,000 ft (3353 m) the team hauled sleds and packs while steep snow…
Mountain Trip guide Joe called in for the May 10 Team to report that all is well and that the crew is enjoying hanging out at Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m) taking in the views before moving higher up the route. After a few days of acclimatizing everyone on this team is feeling ready…
The May 8 Team is soaking up the sun at 14,200 ft (4328 m) on the highest peak in North America! The team enjoyed a beautiful weather day at camp with lots of lounging and a short hike out to a gorgeous viewpoint known as The Edge of World. Returning to camp for a lovely…
Climber Ryan called in on behalf of the May 7 Team as they were finishing up a dinner of spaghetti and meatballs after one heck of a climbing day! From 14,200 ft (4328 m) the goal is to cache supplies up on the ridge above us and return back down to 14 Camp. Climbing up…
It’s a great day for climber Mike and the May 17 Team! Their “back carry” day is complete. This active rest day takes climbers from their new home of Camp 2 at 11,000 ft (3353 m) back down the route with light packs and sleds to their gear cache at 10,200 ft (3109 m) While…
Climber Max from the May 7 Team called in with lots of stoke yesterday after the team successfully made their back carry day from Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m) to their cache site at Windy Corner 13,000 ft (3962 m). So far, this was Max’s “best day of the trip”! Heck yeah, Max. We…
Climber Daniel called in for the May 8 Team with the exciting news that after their first two days at Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m) the team successfully ascended the fixed lines on the Headwall yesterday. The Headwall refers to the section of the route with “fixed lines” running from 15,500 ft (4724 m)…
We’re excited to have May 13 team climber Francisco calling in with the dispatch in English and Portuguese today! Tap below to listen to the audio. From what we hear it was a very nice day for this team moving from Camp 2 11,000 ft (3353 m) to the team’s cache site above Windy Corner…