June 19, 2013
Anis Tabka called in a very nice post, with a special message! The team is camped on a broad glacier, with spectacular views of Denali, soaring 12,500' above them. They traveled about five miles up glacier from Base Camp to reach this site and today they began employing a strategy
June 18, 2013
Lead guide Sebastian Grau called in from the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier with introductions for our June 17 West Buttress team. Denali is an iconic mountain for anyone with a love of wild places and the classic West Buttress route attracts mountaineers from around the globe. This team
June 18, 2013
I just received word that both out May 30 Priya/Greg Team and our June 2 Team have flown off the Kahiltna Glacier and are back in Talkeetna. They had about the perfect day for flying, with exceptionally clear skies and great views of the Alaska Range. We'll try to get
June 18, 2013
Cason Crane called in from Base Camp on the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier, but was unfortunately cut off after making the claim that they are "definitely the best looking team on the mountain." Well, it never hurts to be freshly showered! The team spent the day reviewing glacier
June 17, 2013
We received word that the June 2 Team descended into the broad basin camp at 14,200' this early afternoon. They dug up the cache of supplies that they had buried prior to ascending to high camp a few days ago and are now waiting for cooler nighttime temperatures before continuing
June 17, 2013
Joe Butler called in a couple of hours ago to inform us that the May 30 Priya and Greg team are at 14,200', waiting for cooler, nighttime temperatures to set in, before continuing their descent down the West Buttress route. Priya and our guide Blaine Horner waited at 14,200', while
June 17, 2013
I spoke with Laura Duncan a bit ago, and she related the team's rapid descent from high camp, in order to catch one of the first flights off the glacier this morning. The team asked to just keep going, rather than break the descent up into a couple of days,
June 17, 2013
Jean Francois Jenck called in a post from the expansive basin camp at 14,200'. The team got an early start to beat the heat and pushed around Windy Corner at about 10 am local time, arriving at the 14,200' camp several hours later. Yes, it can be quite warm on
June 16, 2013
Our May 30 team of Greg, Joe and Josh reached the summit earlier today and are almost back in camp on a beautiful, clear afternoon on Denali. Our June 2nd Team also reached the top and is traveling back to high camp more or less with the other team. Congratulations
June 16, 2013
Jonathan Sugarman called in from the beautiful basin camp at 11,200'. He made two attempts to call, but the steep walls of the basin to the south make it very difficult to get a satellite signal from their location. Our teams carry radios that enable them to communicate with other
