May 11, 2013
Beau Carrillo got a bit cut off in his report from 7800', but the team carried roughly half their food, supplies and gear up to a point near the head of the Kahiltna Glacier at about 10,300' today. This is called "making a carry" or "double carrying." This is a
May 11, 2013
Adrian Hendrickse called in to fill us in on the events of the day. The team carried a load around Windy Corner today and it sounded like the feature lived up to it's name. Adrian gives a nice shout out to his family and we would echo his gratitude to
May 11, 2013
Sean called in from the big basin at 14,200' to wish a Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there! They did great on their move up and around Windy Corner and everyone is happy and doing great. recording
May 9, 2013
Lead guide Jacob Schmitz called in from the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier. The team all flew in and is camped on the snow at the increasingly bustling "Kahiltna International Airport." Planes come and go regularly, delivering climbers and sight seers alike. They will spend some time working on
May 9, 2013
Our guide Brian Muller called in from the beautiful basin camp at 11,200'. The back carried today, which means that they hiked back down to the site of their 10,200' cache to pick up the supplies they had buried. They carried those supplies up to the basin camp. This is
May 9, 2013
Steve Morton called in a report from 7,800' camp on the Kahiltna Glacier today. The team made a carry up the "Ski Hill" to put a cache in at around 10,200'. It was a bright, sunny day, which means warm, even in early May on Denali. It sounds like our
May 9, 2013
Our third team of the season is headed up to fly into Denali later this afternoon. Our May 8th Team met in Anchorage yesterday and finalized their preparations for their attempt on the highest peak in North America. The team spent much of yesterday running errands in Anchorage, picking up
May 9, 2013
Our Island Peak team was delayed by weather at the dirt airstrip in Lukla. The inclement weather, combined with the peak of the pre monsoon tourist season, resulted in almost a thousand people waiting to fly. Our guys got a bit creative and hiked a short ways down valley to
May 8, 2013
Bernd Horsman called in with the first audio post of our 2013 Denali season! Apparently, it has been quite chilly at night, and some of his call is about strategies they are devising to stay warm, as it was -14C (7F) in his tent this morning. Heck, that's a
May 8, 2013
Today is a clear and beautiful day in the Alaska Range. The team "made a carry" yesterday to roughly 10,200' and buried a cache of equipment and food before descending back to the site of their Camp 1 at 7,800' in the early afternoon. This technique is called "double carrying"
