Lead Guide Matt Park called in from the June 15th “Quick Ascent” Team to report that they cruised right up to Camp 2 yesterday, arriving at 11,200′ with time to rest and relax in the afternoon. Here’s Matt: Audio Recording This team, with their expedited schedule, has less food and fuel with them, meaning they’ve…
Assistant Guide Sean with the June 9th Team called in from 14,200′ to report that the team retrieved their cache near the Windy Corner and now has all of their food, gear, and people settling in to life a Camp 3! Here’s Sean with some special shout-outs for his loved ones back home: Audio Recording…
A climber with the June 12th Team called in to report that the team is fully established up at Camp 3 at 14,200′! Now they are enjoying pesto pasta, the beautiful views of 14-Camp, and of course, some good jokes. Listen all about it and stick around for the joke at the end! Audio Recording…
Lead Guide Kyle Horner called in with the Final Dispatch from the June 2nd West Buttress Team. He reports that everyone is safely off the mountain and back in civilization! Here’s Kyle: Audio Recording The team successfully summited Denali on June 15th, 2024 and over the course of the last two days made their way…
Lead Guide Aaron from the June 7th Team called in from 14,000′-Camp (aka Camp 3) to report that they had lovely weather for a stroll up the fixed lines to put in a cache on the 16,000′ Ridge between Camp 3 and High Camp. Here’s Aaron: Audio Recording Tomorrow, the team will rest in anticipation…
Assistant Guide Boaz called in from the June 15th Team (aka our “Quick Ascent Expedition”) to report that the team made some major moves and trekked all the way from Basecamp past Camp 1 (at 7800′) and continued onward to camp near Kahiltna Pass at 9600′. Quick ascent, indeed! Here’s Boaz: Audio Recording The team…
Climber Tom Grafitti called in with a fantastic audio dispatch from 14,200′ (or 4328m in non-freedom units) to report that the team made the push up to Camp 3, picking up their cache along the way! Here’s Tom: Audio Recording We love to hear Tom’s enthusiasm and are excited that the team had such great…
Climber Emma from the June 10th Team called in from Camp 2 to report that they successfully put in a cache around Windy Corner! Unfortunately the end of this one gets cut off, like so many calls from Camp 2, but you can still hear the excitement in Emma’s voice to have made it around…
A climber from the June 12th Team called in to report that they hauled a load of gear and food around Windy Corner and all the way up to Camp 3 to cache it in the snow! Strong work, team! Listen here: Audio Recording The team went past the normal cache site in order to…
Please help us welcome our 18th Denali team of the season: the June 15th West Buttress Denali Expedition! The June 15th Expedition consists of: Climber Matt Calkins Climber Chris Burt Climber Grace Lee Climber Victor Carcamo Led by their amazing guides: Lead Guide Matt Park Assistant Guide Boaz Cesaretti The June 15th Team is a…