May 30, 2012
Sorry for the delay in adding this team to our blog, but the holiday weekend snuck up on us. On May 27th, a group of climbers met in Anchorage to meet three Mountain Trip guides and make the final preparations for their expedition up Denali. The team spent the day
May 30, 2012
Good news and bad news from the Khumbu! Ania, Joerg and Albert are all in Lukla tonight awaiting for a flight to Kathmandu tomorrow. Tim, Jacob and I are in Namche and we are planning to hike to Lukla tomorrow. That's the good news, the bad news is that flights
May 29, 2012
Mike Burmeister called to report a mellow day at camp 3. The team rested to get strong for the move to high camp tomorrow, if weather and conditions cooperate.
May 29, 2012
Paul from the Traverse Team called in after some exciting and always interesting waste disposal techniques only found in the glaciated ranges of the world! recording
May 29, 2012
Eric Larson called in from Camp 3 after a successful carry up the fixed lines to 16,400 ft. recording
May 29, 2012
Eric Larson reported the expedition traveling from camp 3 to 13,500' to pick up their cache. Today they will most likely carry up the fixed lines to cache more food and gear on the ridge, possibly as high as 16,400'.
May 29, 2012
Caitlin called to report the team moving from 14k towards basecamp. They are planning on reaching basecamp tomorrow morning and will fly as soon as the weather permits it.
May 28, 2012
We're down and - Wow! Does it feel good to be all the way down (and safe!) in Base Camp! Here's a quick summary of the last few days. We began our summit push on the 21st, leaving Base Camp for Camp 2. We had perfect weather for that move
May 28, 2012
John Race reported at 12:30 am the entire summit team having returned to camp after summiting Denali. Expedition member Steph returned to camp with 3rd guide Dan Starr from Denali Pass earlier in the day, where she remained as the rest of the team continued upward. Steph is still in