June 14, 2012
The weather has cleared and the climbers headed up the mountain today. The team took advantage of the sunny day to carry a load of food and fuel up to about 16,400ft on the ridge leading to high camp. They cached this load and descended back down to camp to
June 14, 2012
The weather cleared today after the extended stormy period. The climbers started for high camp this morning, but Suzanne developed a cough and unfortunately needed to turn around. They descended back to 14,000ft camp to reassess and decided Suzanne needed to head on down. It's certainly a frustrating outcome after
June 14, 2012
They are off to a good start and arrived at Camp 1 this morning after an early start. Listen to Duncan's call from this evening. recording
June 13, 2012
The team is moving right along and made it up to 7,800 ft on the Kahiltna Glacier today. They've traveled about 6 miles up the glacier in the last 2 days and they're doing great. The weather hasn't been ideal with a bit of wet snow falling on the lower
June 13, 2012
Another day of stormy weather in the Alaska Range today. The team is in good company up at Camp 3, with 2 other Mountain Trip teams waiting out the storm and hoping to move up the mountain. It's been over a week now since our teams have been able to
June 13, 2012
If wishing could change the weather, our teams at Camp 3 would be moving up to high camp today, but unfortunately the weather isn't so cooperative. It was another day of wind up high and snow, but things began to settle down as the day wore on leaving them with
June 13, 2012
The Traverse Team is back in civilization tonight after waiting once again for the weather to break so they could fly back to Talkeetna. They didn't get to summit the mountain, but they sure gave it a good shot, spending 8 days at high camp in some pretty tough conditions.
June 13, 2012
The team flew to base camp today! They met early this morning in Anchorage and drove up to Talkeetna where they checked in with the National Park Service, and then went to the airport in hopes of flying onto the glacier. The weather had been preventing flights from getting in
June 13, 2012
The guides met Duncan yesterday for a gear check in Anchorage, and they are off for Talkeetna this morning. They'll check in with the National Park Service and then head over to the airstrip in hopes of flying to the glacier today. The weather continues to be uncooperative with clouds
June 12, 2012
The team was unable to move up to high camp today, as a lot of snow fell on their camp and strong winds buffeted their tents. Diarmud's report is in the classic understated fashion of the Irish. Other reports we have received indicate that 2' (60cm) of snow fell on
