June 2, 2019
Guide Matt Park called with the great news that the team moved from 14 Camp to High Camp (17,200') today. It sounds like the conditions were cold and windy, but the team reached their goal and they were met by two other Mountain Trip teams hunkered down at High Camp.
June 2, 2019
It's a Mountain Trip party up at High Camp! The May 21Team joined, moving from 14 Camp to High Camp today. Guide Nick Nason reports that the move went well and everyone was feeling good, but tired, upon arrival at High Camp. The team is hunkered down, resting and eating
June 2, 2019
We've all heard the saying "Patience is a virtue".....but it's difficult when you are at 17,200' at High Camp on Denali. The team is watching the weather carefully and standing by for the opportunity to ascend. The challenges of keeping mentally strong are just as real as the physical challenges
June 2, 2019
We’ve all heard the saying “Patience is a virtue”…..but it’s difficult when you are at 17,200′ at High Camp on Denali. The team is watching the weather carefully and standing by for the opportunity to ascend. The challenges of keeping mentally strong are just as real as the physical challenges
June 1, 2019
Mountain Trip guide Fischer Hazen called in another quick update from High Camp for the May 19 team, still happy, healthy and playing the waiting game with the weather and winds up high. Not much has changed, but the team wanted to report that they are still healthy and doing
June 1, 2019
Mountain Trip guide Jesse Yon called in an update for the May 24 team, who was wrapping up their second rest day at Camp Two, 11,200'. The team spent the day catching up on sleep, replenishing calories and gambling their snacks as wind and snow prevented them from moving up
June 1, 2019
The May 20 team called in an update from Camp Three at 14,200' (4238m), after a rest day. They are planning to pack up camp tomorrow and push up to High Camp at 17,200' (5242m). They will climb up the steepest part of the route, a section called The Headwall,
June 1, 2019
Jason Swan called in from the May 17th team. They are nestled in at the 17,200' High Camp, awaiting a break in the series of low pressure systems that have kept them from making a summit bid thus far. They have plenty of time, and are in good spirits; they
June 1, 2019
Keeping things comical, as they have throughout the trip, climber Eric Baurenschmidt called in on behalf of "Team Dank Sauce," who spent the day eating Pringles, stomping out the snowy runway, and waiting in Denali Base Camp Limbo for the planes to start arriving to bring them back out to
June 1, 2019
Mountain Trip guide Chris Cullaz called in an update from the May 21 West Buttress team, who enjoyed a rest day yesterday at 14,200' to maximize their acclimatization before moving higher on the route. Today the team plans to move up to High Camp at 17,200'. The weather outlook for
