June 6, 2013
Nicole had the honors tonight and called in from the 14,200 ft camp on the West Buttress. Today was a rest/acclimatization day after yesterdays big climb to the ridge at 16,400ft. They enjoyed beautiful weather and are ready to move on up to high camp tomorrow. Listen to the call:
June 6, 2013
Congratulations to the West Rib Team! Klara, Jay, and Eli had a beautiful day for the big push to the summit from their high camp on the West Rib. It is a huge accomplishment to successfully climb the entire West Rib to the summit, and requires a ton of work,
June 5, 2013
Viviane called in this evening from Camp 2 at 11,000 ft. They awoke to snow, but the weather cleared and it turned into a beautiful day. They were able to climb up to 13,500 ft around Windy Corner to cache some food and gear to prepare to move up to
June 5, 2013
It was a big day for the team as they carried loads of gear and food up to the ridge that leads to high camp in preparation for moving to high camp and the summit push. They had a great day and plan to rest tomorrow to be ready for
June 4, 2013
Erik Guevara Merino called in from 11,200' to give us an update on the day's activity. The team descended to about 10,000' to retrieve the cache of supplies that they had buried a couple days earlier. This is a pretty easy day, and they worked about two hours in total.
June 4, 2013
Mountain Trip guide Brian Kramp called in from 14,200' today. The team had a pretty easy day today, dropping down about 800' to retrieve the supplies that they had cached on the uphill side of Windy Corner. This makes for an active rest day, in that it only takes about
June 4, 2013
The long stretch of bluebird skies and low winds came to a halt a couple days ago, when a low pressure system moved across the mountain, bringing with it clouds and snow. We currently have 6 teams on Denali and one waiting to fly into the Range. Here is the
June 3, 2013
Our guide Ted Grosgebauer called in from the stunningly beautiful camp at 11,200'. The team pushed up from 7,800' camp with moderate snow falling, but climbed above the snow cloud and arrived in camp in good style. I spoke with Laura Duncan earlier and she said that the weather at
June 3, 2013
Our guide Mike Thurk called in to report that the team made the big push from 11,200' up and around Windy Corner to establish themselves at the big 14,200' camp. recording
June 3, 2013
Mountain Trip is known for organizing a lot of private climbs for climbers looking to have a more personalized expedition with their friends. One such team is camped at 7,800' tonight and called in their first post. Greg Harris and Priya Singh are friends from Canada, who have climbed together
