June 19, 2014
Japan 8 8 team moved from 14 camp up to high camp at 17,200ft on a cold, windy day. Fortunately the team stayed strong and was able to make the push. Way to go guys! Here's Eli after their long day of traveling. recording
June 19, 2014
June 13th team gave some shout out's from camp two (11,200ft). Sounds like everybody is in good spirits and ready to continue moving upward on the mountain if weather permits! recording
June 19, 2014
The guys are on the summit of Denali! It's a pretty good day and they are moving really well up at over 20,000ft. They'll turn around and head back down to high camp for the night. Congratulations guys! Here's the call from the top. recording
June 19, 2014
The team is doing great and climbed up to over 16,000 ft today on a ridge that leads up to high camp before descending back down to 14,200ft. This is some of the steepest and most beautiful terrain on the West Buttress route, ascending a steep face where there is
June 19, 2014
We’d like to welcome Jarek Myszkowski, Steve Camkin, and Rob Morrill to Alaska! These climbers are attempting the West Buttress of Denali, North America’s highest peak, and they will be led by Mountain Trip guide team Con Severis and Nick Aiello. The West Buttress is a classic mountaineering challenge that
June 18, 2014
The team climbed up above the 14,ooo ft camp today and climbed up the fixed lines section to the ridge at 16,000 ft to gain some acclimatization and cache a bit of food and fuel before descending back to camp 3. They are moving great and plan to head back
June 18, 2014
The June 13th West Buttress team is taking advantage of a beautiful day in the Alaska Range to move up to the basin camp at 11,200′. They put in a cache of equipment yesterday and today are climbing up past that cache to establish a new camp. This system of
June 18, 2014
The team carried a load of gear up from the 11,000ft camp up to a spot around "Windy Corner" at about 13,500 ft and cached it in preparation for moving up to the 14,000ft camp tomorrow. They are doing great and taking advantage of some good weather, which has been
June 18, 2014
The team moved up from the 14,200 ft basin up to their high camp at 17,200 ft today in beautiful and relatively warm weather. They are moving strong and hope to head for the summit tomorrow morning if everyone is feeling well after their first night sleeping up over 17k
June 17, 2014
Team Leader Eli Potter called in the trip report tonight. He reported that the team enjoyed a "semi" rest day today at 14 Camp, located in the beautiful Genet basin. It was on a "semi" rest day because the team elected to stretch their legs and walk over to "The
