July 6, 2016
Mountain Trip guide Pablo Parunjacas called in with an update on the June 24 Denali West Buttress Team, who made the decision to turn around below the fixed lines up to High Camp. The team was plagued throughout their ascent by snowy conditions and low visibility, which makes movement on
July 5, 2016
Mountain Trip guide Sean McManamy called in with an update on the June 15 Denali West Buttress Expedition. He then handed the satellite phone over to climber Fan Zhou, who reported that the team unfortunately had to make the tough decision to abandon their bid for the summit of Denali,
July 5, 2016
Climber Jaahnavi called in yesterday evening with an update on the Mountain Trip June 22 Denali Expedition. The team is planning on moving up the steep headwall and fixed lines to High Camp at 17,200’ on the West Buttress Route, today (Wednesday, July 6). Jaahnavi said that the team had
July 5, 2016
Climber Jaahnavi on the June 22 Denali West Buttress Team called in with an update on their expedition and progress up the mountain, towards the highest point in North America. Jaahnavi seems to be in high spirits and enjoying the mountain life up at camp at 14,200', taking in the
July 5, 2016
Mountain Trip guide Robert "Durny" Durnell called in with an update on the June 16 Denali West Buttress Expedition, who are currently at 14,200'-camp, planning to move higher within the next several days, weather permitting. Guide Brian Kramp is descending with the majority of the expedition, who did not want
July 4, 2016
Hmm. We're scratching our heads a bit from this one. We were able to tell that the update came from climber Katrin Oertel, and that half of it was in German, but unfortunately they had a spotty satellite phone connection, likely due to the snowy conditions. The Mountain Trip June
July 4, 2016
Mountain Trip guide Josh Garner called in with an update on the June 24 team, who is still holding at camp at 14,200'. Yesterday, the team did a back carry, which essentially means that they retrieved their cached supplies down below their camp, doing a little bit of backtracking on
July 3, 2016
Wolfgang called in from a birthday party that was taking place at the bustling 14,200' camp on Denali. Much of his call is in German, so any help in translating would be appreciated!! The team has been waiting and waiting and waiting for any break in the weather that might
July 3, 2016
Jaahnavi called in a nice update from the big, relatively busy camp at 14,200'. The team is resting today, allowing their bodies to better acclimatize to the thinner air of the upper mountain. They will spend at least several more days at this camp, preparing themselves and acclimatizing. The team
July 3, 2016
Lead Guide Rob "Durny" Durnell called in from the team's camp at 14,200'. He and the team have been waiting patiently for any break in the incessant snow that might allow them to move up the mountain. It has been relentless. This has been an exceptionally long stretch of snowy
