Trip Reports
The May 14th Team is making the most of yet another storm day by running through skills for the fixed ropes on the upper mountain. With weather keeping the team in place, the guides have turned the day into an opportunity to dial in some of the most important techniques
After four days in Talkeetna, our May 17th team still hasn't been able to fly onto the glacier. It's been a long stretch on the ground, but every Denali season comes with its share of weather delays, and this one is reminding us why patience is one of the most
The May 11th team has found themselves pinned down yet again by the weather. After a successful cache day around Windy Corner yesterday, the team will wait once more before making the move up to 14 Camp. It's the nature of climbing on Denali. Just when momentum starts to build,
The May 19th team arrived in Talkeetna on May 20th and has been waiting for a weather window to fly onto the glacier. The storm system that has been sitting over the Alaska Range continues to hold things up, and with each passing day, the queue of climbers waiting to
The May 17th team arrived in Talkeetna on May 18th and has been patiently waiting out the storm that has settled in over the Alaska Range. While they haven't been on the ground nearly as long as some teams have during this stretch of weather, even a few days of
The weather finally cleared enough to give the May 14th team a window to move, and they made good use of it with a successful back-carry day. The team headed down to the pass to retrieve their cache and hauled everything back up to Camp 2. The day went smoothly,
After days of waiting on the weather to cooperate, the May 11th team finally got their window, and they made the most of it. Today, the team pushed up the route to drop a cache just shy of 14 Camp before turning around and heading back down to Camp 2
The May 9th team is on the move! After days of watching the sky and waiting for the right window, the team pushed up the route today to drop a cache just shy of 14 Camp before turning around and heading back down to Camp 2. This is a major
The May 16th team is now on an impressive five-day stretch in Talkeetna, patiently waiting out the storm that has settled in over the Alaska Range. Five days on the ground is a long stay by any measure, but it's far from unheard of during the Denali season — storm
The May 17th team is putting their grounded days to good use, drilling fixed line skills while they wait for a window to fly. Practicing techniques like ascending and descending on fixed ropes, clipping in and out of carabiners efficiently, and managing rope teams in different scenarios is some of
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