What a great trip on 11300! I just got back a few days ago from a trip to the SW Ridge of peak 11300 in the West Fork of the Ruth Gorge. My client was Jon Arlien out of the Lake Tahoe area. Jon flew into the Alaska on Sunday May 1st just in time…
We got a call from Matt when he was still in the ski plane, letting us know that he and John were en route to Talkeetna, having come down off the route sans summit. I scrambled the van driver and before we knew it the team was back in town. Look for a post-trip blog…
Matt called in on the satellite phone, reporting that the team had turned around on the route and had safely retreated back to their basecamp at the base of the route.
Guide Matt Barela called in from Base Camp to give the report of their day. Pizza and beer tonight! [audio:http://mountaintripdenali2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/audio-post-2011-05-06-02-58-30.mp3|titles=Audio Post]
Matt called in this evening to report a good day of climbing up onto the Southwest ridge of peak 11,300′ (3,444m). They are camped at the second col and report that all is going great, both climbers feel strong and willing. The above picture was taken just outside of downtown Talkeetna on the day they…