June 27, 2019
Team Ema has made great progress and they are poised to make a final push to the summit. In preparation for a summit bid, the team took today to rest, hydrate, eat, and prepare mentally for the last big push. High Camp is an amazing place with incredible views of
June 27, 2019
The June 26 Team has had a busy couple of days. The team met in Anchorage, conducted a team meeting and equipment check, picked up last minute equipment needs, then drove to Talkeetna where they checked in with the National Park Service and with Talkeetna Air Taxi, our air services
June 27, 2019
After moving a load of equipment and supplies up the fixed lines yesterday, Team Aparna took a well deserved rest day at 14 Camp today. Guide Sebastian Grau reports that everyone is feeling good and spirits are high. The plan is to move to High Camp in the coming days,
June 26, 2019
Today the team moved a load of equipment and supplies to a cache site around Windy Corner at 13,700'. Thankfully Windy Corner did not live up to it's name---it was a beautiful day! The plan is to keep the momentum going, and move up to 14 Camp tomorrow. Here's Nick:
June 26, 2019
Dave Helland gave a shout from 14,200' on the West Buttress route. The team put a cache in on the upper portion of the West Rib, took a rest day and tomorrow they plan to get onto the West Rib itself. Their plan is to climb up to the Rib
June 26, 2019
Based on weather conditions, the team decided to take a rest day/weather day at High Camp. They will be watching the weather closely in the coming days, looking for an opportunity to make the final push to 20,310'. Here's Brian with today's report: recording
June 26, 2019
Taking advantage of good weather on Denali's mid-mountain, the members of our June 17th West Buttress team climbed up the steepest part of the route to put a cache in on the ridge leading to High Camp. Departing Camp 3, they climbed up 1200' of moderate snow slopes to reach
June 25, 2019
The team made a quick lap to the cache site and picked up the load of equipment and supplies that they left a couple of days ago. It's really an "active" rest day, as the cache site is very close to camp. It gave the team an opportunity to stretch
June 25, 2019
Today the team rested, ate, and hydrated in preparation for moving up to the "upper" mountain (above 14 Camp). They also spent some time practicing skills and discussing the plan for the next few days. If the weather permits, the team plans to move a load of equipment and supplies
