June 30, 2014
Climber Cody Loewen called in the trip report tonight from 11,200 camp, located in a beautiful basin high on the Kahiltna glacier at the base of Motorcycle Hill. Cody reports that the team moved from Camp 1 to 11,200 Camp in about 8 hours, and the sun is shining and
June 30, 2014
Ross Jobson called in from the beautiful Camp 2 at 11,200', with an update and an explanation about the team's name, "Mr. Hugo Team." Apparently, when they climbed Aconcagua together, the crew found a bicycle rental shop called Mr. Hugo that provided clients with free wine prior to renting them
June 30, 2014
Matt called in an update from the basin camp at 14,200'. The team has been waiting and watching, assessing the avalanche hazard that has been increased of late between them and their next goal, the high camp at 17,200'. They are optimistic that the weather and conditions are trending a
June 29, 2014
The Team began its day in decent weather, but the wind picked up and it started to snow, so the guide team made the decision to camp at 12,500' on what is called the "polo field." The polo field is a relatively flat section located between the top of Squirrel
June 29, 2014
Mountain Trip guide Travis Williams called in the team's report tonight. It was once again snowy and windy, so the team hunkered down in the relative comfort of 14 Camp. Everyone is hoping for a calm, clear day tomorrow in order to make the big move from 14 Camp to
June 29, 2014
Jerry Bays called in from the team's Camp 1 at 7,800' on the Kahiltna Glacier. The team moved up to Camp 1 yesterday and carried loads of supplies up to about 10,000' today. This system of ascent is often referred to as climbing high and sleeping low. It benefits the
June 29, 2014
Dave Luther called in after the team spent much of the night hiking up to 10,000' on the Kahiltna Glacier to put in their first cache of the expedition. "Caching" is when you carry some quantity of your total supplies (roughly half+) and stash it for the days to come.
June 29, 2014
Mountain Trip guide Matt Bohne called in from the big basin camp at 14,200'. The weather is improving, but the team took a day to assess conditions above them before making their move up to high camp. This elevation is a very important one for climbers as it helps them
June 28, 2014
The remaining members of the June 11th team are on the summit of Denali right now! The weather is beautiful today and they are most certainly enjoying amazing views right now. They'll descend back down to high camp over the next several hours where they'll spend the night and recover
June 28, 2014
Rob called in, expressing quite a bit of excitement at the prospect of the team moving higher, after a couple of unplanned weather days at the 11,200' basin camp. The skies have cleared over the mountain and the team is hoping to get an early start tomorrow. The route ascends
