June 22, 2016
Lead guide Ben Adkison called in with an update on the June 5 team from High Camp on the West Buttress Route, at 17,200'. They utilized yesterday as an additional rest and weather day, to mentally and physically prepare themselves to push the approximately 3,000' of vertical to the top
June 22, 2016
Guide Bill Allen and the Gildor Denali team were unable to call in via satellite phone due to a spotty connnection, but they sent a short update via inReach today: Happy Solstice! We cached supplies around Windy Corner today. All is well up here at 14,000' on Denali. We hope
June 22, 2016
Mountain Trip lead guide Ian Nicholson called in with an update on the June 11 Denali West Buttress expedition. The team took a weather window and pushed up the fixed lines from 14,200' to 17,200', the High Camp on the West Buttress Route, one of the steepest and most strenuous
June 21, 2016
Mountain Trip guide Nick Aiello, and climber Wolfgang Pfaeffel, called in via satellite phone on behalf of the June (not May) 15 Denali West Buttress expedition, who were able to push to up to 7,800' feet on the Kahiltna Glacier. Wolfgang gave us part of the update in German, as
June 21, 2016
Mountain Trip guide Robert "Durny" Durnell called in with an update on the June 16 Denali West Buttress expedition. The team was rewarded with clear skies and good weather after a few bonus days in Denali Base Camp at 7,200', due to poor visibility and blowing snow. The team is
June 20, 2016
Assistant guide Taylor Pyle called in with an update on the Mountain Trip Gildor Upper Rib expedition on Denali. The team retrieved their cache above Ski Hill and moved up to Camp 2 at 11,200'. Tomorrow, the team plans to bring a cache up above Windy Corner at 13,500' to
June 20, 2016
Hi guys! Assistant guide Aaron Diamond checking in with the final trip dispatch and a quick recap from the June 1 West Buttress trip. After meeting in Anchorage the team of Nick, Tony, Allen, Kate, Honglin, and Neil made our way to Talkeetna on the 2nd for our flight to
June 20, 2016
The June 11 team called in with another bilingual (and somewhat unintelligible, in parts) update on their progress on the West Buttress Route. The team spent another day at 14,200' resting, preparing themselves for the upper mountain and waiting on the weather to improve. They plan to move to High
June 20, 2016
Mountain Trip climber Greg Johnson called in via satellite phone with an update on the June 5 Denali team's progress on the mountain. Today, June 20, is the team's 15th day on the West Buttress Route on their quest for the highest point in North America. The team had a
June 20, 2016
Mountain Trip guide Sean McManamy and client Steve Smith called in with an update on the June 15 Denali West Buttress expedition, who have yet to leave Base Camp due to bad weather, a lot of snow and poor visibility. The team is hoping to take advantage of a clearing
