May 21, 2012
Lead guide Nick Shepherd called in today at 6:30pm to report being just below Pig Hill. The team, consisting of Nick, Dallas, Angela and Joe; they were all continuing up for the final leg of the ascent: Pig Hill, the summit ridge, and the summit itself.
May 21, 2012
Lead guide Eric Larson and the entire expedition flew onto the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier today.
May 21, 2012
Our May 20th team met in Anchorage yesterday and is currently in Talkeetna, preparing to fly to the glacier! This diverse crew has gathered together from around the world to join us on one of our Highly Supported Denali climbs. This is a somewhat different sort of expedition, in that
May 21, 2012
Jacob called in this evening from Camp 2! The team moved up from Base Camp today very early and it sounds like they are all moving great on their summit push. The weather forecasts are all looking really good for their May 25th summit attempt and everything is in place.
May 20, 2012
The Traverse team is at Camp 1 tonight. They had great conditions on the trail, beautiful weather, and it sounds like spirits are high! Listen to the crew call in from Camp 1. recording
May 20, 2012
Doug Lindauer gave us all an update on the team's progress from the broad camp nestled in what is known as Genet Basin. They crew got somewhat creative today, and cut Matt loose to make a run up to high camp at 17,200' (5242m) with another MT guide, Karen Bockel,
May 20, 2012
Nick called in from high camp to give us an update on a team that spent the day loading up on calories and fortifying the snow walls around their tents. They moved up from the Genet Basin camp at 14,200' on Saturday, which is a really big day. They first
May 20, 2012
Sad news from up in Alaska... an unroped climber fell off the ridge at about 16,200'. This was NOT part of any Mountain Trip Team, but our hearts go out to the friends and family of the climber. Below is the Press Release from Denali National Park: TALKEETNA, Alaska: Denali
May 20, 2012
Guides from both the Lucky Lindy and Tyler teams called in yesterday to report: they traveled down the glacier to pick up their cache of gear, and now are in camp 3 with all their food and equipment, ready to carry a similar load up the fixed lines to the
