June 1, 2014
Well, the weather is breaking and the patient members of our May 26th team are flying to the glacier! They have spent five full days doing the "Talkeetna Hang," which might well be a Mountain Trip record. Josh Garner sent us the following post, and Ian Nicholson shared the images
June 1, 2014
Lead guide Scott Woolums called in with the first audio post for our May 30th Denali Team. They choose to spend yesterday in Anchorage, rather than contribute to the backlog of climbers who have been stuck in Talkeetna for up to six days. The weather has not permitted any planes
June 1, 2014
The May 12 team was one of the only teams to move anywhere on Denali yesterday as they pushed through the wind and snow to descend to basecamp. They joined over 100 climbers who are waiting to fly out to Talkeetna, some who have been waiting for almost a week
June 1, 2014
The team is still at base camp waiting for a flight back to Talkeetna. It's been a long stretch of bad weather across South Central Alaska and in the Alaska Range and no flights have gone in or out of base camp for almost a week now. We are still
June 1, 2014
The weather has continued to stop the climbers from accomplishing much today. Both teams remained in their camps and are hoping for the weather to improve in the coming days. The forecast is still looking optimistic for nice weather early next week.
May 31, 2014
Mike called in a nice descriptive update from the team's original camp at 7,800' on the main body of the Kahiltna Glacier. The team has had a change of plans and is now going to attempt to climb up the West Buttress, or at least as far up the route
May 31, 2014
Well, this is a first for us... The May 22 team is camped at 11,200', where they have been hammered with tough weather of late. They received two feet of snow overnight, along with high, cold winds. They were again unable to move from their camp, but they have plenty
May 31, 2014
They team is still hanging tight in camp at 14,000ft waiting out this long stretch of wind and snowy weather. They spent the day practicing some mountaineering skills on a steeper hill just out of camp. They practiced using the rope in running belays, and passing anchors, which are
May 31, 2014
It's been a pretty long stretch of wind and snow in the Alaska Range for the last days, and it is expected to continue through most of the weekend. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, as the snow is expected to taper off and winds die
May 30, 2014
Amy started off tonight's call with a report from the basin camp at 11,200'. The team had some "fierce winds" to contend with last night and the weather did not permit them to move food and supplies up the mountain today, so they sat tight and seemed to just eat
