Lead Guide Ty Guarino from the May 26th West Buttress Denali Expedition called in with his Final Dispatch of the expedition! Here’s Ty: Audio Recording In the end, every member of this team got to stand atop the summit of Denali, and that is incredible! And now we’ve got even better news to report: the…
Doh! Sometimes these recordings get caught off before we can get a substantial updates, but other times… they call back! We believe this is Climber Sam from the June 10th Team and we can confidently report that they “back carried” below Camp 2, meaning they retrieved their cache and brought the remainder of their food…
While this recording is a bit garbled (as is so often the case with calls coming from Camp 2), a member of the June 9th Team called in to report that their team had a successful day moving up to 13,000′ in order to install a cache just beyond Windy Corner. Here’s the call: Audio…
Lead Guide Aaron with the June 7th Team called in from Camp 3 to report that the team got a well-deserved rest day today, having picked up their cache on the way to Camp 3 the day prior. Here’s Aaron: Audio Recording They filled their day with some fixed line training, some exploring of Camp…
Climbers Margarita and Flo called in from the June 2nd Team to report THAT THEY SUMMITED YESTERDAY!!! Congrats team! Listen to how stoked they are! Audio Recording What a wonderful outcome for this hardworking team. It sounds like they had good weather, great views, and everyone did well. We couldn’t be more happy for them!…
Please help us welcome our 17th Denali team of the season: the June 16th West Buttress Denali Expedition! The June 16th Expedition consists of: Climber James Kennedy Led by their amazing guides: Lead Guide Jacob Schmitz Assistant Guide Wyatt Pritchard We are excited to follow along as the team begins their journey to ascend…
Climber Kelly from the June 7th Team called in to report that her, Lead Guide Aaron, and Assistant Guide Gavin, have arrived at Camp 3 at 14,200′! Here’s Kelly with some special shout-outs for the folks back home: Audio Recording Making it to 14,200′ is a huge milestone for expeditions ascending the West Buttress Route…
Climber Emma from the June 10th Team called in from Camp 2, but sadly the transmission gets cut short… Unfortunately, satellite phone reception at Camp 2 is notoriously bad. But, we’re happy to report that the June 10th Team moved on up to Camp 2 and is now at 11,200′ on Denali! Here’s Emma: Audio…
Climber Dan with the June 12th Team called in to report that the crew made a BIG MOVE and single-carried from Camp 1 up to Camp 2! Hear it from Dan himself: Audio Recording After arriving at Camp 2, the team had some pizza for dinner and, in Decatur’s words “were strong like chickens” out…
YEEHAW!!! Lead Guide Josh from the May 29th Team called in from High Camp to report that the team summited today!!! Here’s Josh: recording A HUGE congrats to Josh and the team for making it to the top! And also, a big shout to Assistant Guide Patrick from the May 26th Team who remained at…