June 11, 2014
The majority of the West Rib team arrived back in Anchorage yesterday, 22 days after departing for the glacier. The climbers did well, but were stymied by a rough stretch of weather that unfortunately, denied them any opportunity to get high on Denali. A good friend once told me that,
June 10, 2014
Durny called in from a very snowy Camp 2 at 11,200'. 20" of snow fell on the team, with winds gusting to 30 mph. The team spent a lot of time digging their tents out of the continuously billowing snow. Digging sessions were interspersed with eating, sleeping, reading and sessions
June 10, 2014
Fred Simmons called in from amidst a blizzard. The team took a rest day today, and started to catch up on some of their summer reading. It has been snowing heavily and the team welcomed the break so that the can just eat, sleep, read and repeat! Spirits sure seemed
June 10, 2014
The team could not make upward progress today, as it snowed a lot in the past 24 hours. They have plenty of food and everyone is doing well, but they are eager to start moving again, after two days of inactivity. recording
June 10, 2014
The Upper West Rib team called in from the relative warmth of their cook tent, amidst a snow 14,200' camp. The weather has been pretty rough for the past couple of days and the team is waiting, resting, and eating. Often, one of the harder aspects of an expedition is
June 10, 2014
We received a very truncated post from Eli Potter, that did not provide any real information, so we'll fill in the blanks about the Japan 8 8 Team. They awoke yesterday (June 9)to very stormy conditions and chose to remain at Camp, rather than push up into the maelstrom. We
June 10, 2014
Scott Woolums called in from a very snowy 14,200' camp. The team had planned to take a rest day today, after making their cache on the ridge yesterday, but the weather that moved in has made today a mandatory day at the 14,200' camp. Everyone is doing well; however, Volker
June 10, 2014
Base camp is located at 7,200 on the Southeast fork of the Kahiltna Glacier. It can be a bustling place, with the deep drone of aircraft echoing off the surrounding walls. Here are some images to help readers get a sense of what your friends and family are experiencing on
June 10, 2014
Well, perhaps "party" is not the accurate term, but several Mountain Trip teams spent the night at Base Camp on the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier, awaiting the weather to improve so they can fly out to verdant Talkeetna. One flight made it into Base Camp yesterday, and a
June 10, 2014
Lead guide Rob "Durny" Durnell called in from the team's new home-- the beautiful basin camp at 11,200 feet. It sounded like the team had a tough go of it today, moving up through whiteout conditions, navigating by GPS and the occasional wand that they could see from their carry
