July 9, 2016
The June 26th team enjoyed a beautiful acclimatization/rest day at the 14,200 ft camp on Denali today. They hiked out to a spot called "The Edge of the World" where they can look down about 7,000 ft to the glacier below and get some amazing views of the Alaska Range.
July 9, 2016
Jaahnavi called in from the 7,800 ft camp this evening on their descent from high camp. It sounds like they had a beautiful day on the descent and are planning to head to basecamp early tomorrow morning. They'll travel the final 5+ miles to base camp during the coldest time
July 8, 2016
Amanda Birkett called from 14,200' where the members of the June 26th Team are all enjoying spectacular weather, after their extended stay in a snowstorm at their previous camp. Today, they reviewed skills that they will need to use as they move higher up the mountain. The guides established a
July 8, 2016
Our guide Kristin Arnold called on behalf of Team Jaahnavi. They descended down from High Camp at 17,200' to the big basin camp at 14,200' today. It was a long descent, but Jaahnavi did really well, even climbing up on top of a rock tower known as "Washburn's Thumb!" Back
July 7, 2016
Lead Guide Rob "Durny" Durnell called from the summit of Denali! He, Oliver and Chip Crawley, a guide from another Mountain Trip team, are all on the top of North America. They moved up high and took advantage of a brief break in the weather to punch high in very
July 7, 2016
Unfortunately the team dispatch is too garbled to understand, but we know that the team moved to 14 Camp yesterday and everyone is safe and sound. Here is the mystery caller: recording
July 7, 2016
Fischer Hazen called in on behalf of Team Jaahnavi. The team had a really tough go of it, moving up to High Camp at 17,200' yesterday. Conditions were very difficult and they made it to camp ahead of a lightning storm. Today, they rested at camp and discussed their options.
July 7, 2016
Mountain Trip guide Kristin Arnold called in with an update on the June 22 West Buttress Team, aka Team Jaahnavi, who spent the day yesterday moving up the steep headwall from 14,200' to High Camp at 17,200'. They team has been preparing for the move for the past several days,
July 6, 2016
Mountain Trip guide Robert "Durney" Durnell called in with an update on the June 16 West Buttress Expedition, who have moved to High Camp on Denali! Since the steep, exposed section of the route on the Headwall requires crampons instead of snowshoes, so the team had to break trail in
July 6, 2016
Climber Daniel Laidig called in with an update on the Mountain Trip June 26 Denali West Buttress Expedition, our last team of the 2016 season, who are holding steady at Camp 2 at 11,200' due to a consistent and persistent low-pressure system that has brought several feet of snow. Daniel
