May 31, 2011
Zach checked in from 14k, they are resting and preparing to move down lower towards basecamp. They plan to leave 14k at 4 am, which should put them in basecamp (all things lining up) mid-afternoon.
May 31, 2011
Guten Tag Alles! Meinen Deutsch bist nicht gut, und ich habe keine idea ... I don't even know if this is German; may very well be Norwegian, but we need help identifying this climber! Let us know who this is !! Thanks for the help Anna! My Norweigian is limited
May 31, 2011
Zach finally called in today to report a successful summit! The team slept in this morning to regain their strength, and are now almost in 14 camp. Zach will call soon to give me an update as to his plans for descending to basecamp.
May 31, 2011
This years West Rib/Riblet trip was thoroughly enjoyable, we had great weather, great, conditions, and a great group. We were lucky enough to enjoy splendid views on the upper mountain from a perch at 16,300 almost entirely to our self. Our summit day was technical in nature, long in elevation,
May 31, 2011
Well, this is a bit embarrassing... We received a garbled post from someone who sounded a lot like Zach Johnson, but were unable to understand any of it. We have "heard it through the grapevine" that the team reached the summit yesterday. One of our other teams is at high
May 31, 2011
Hello friends and family; Qobin, Zak and I are back to civilization after a safe, fun, and successful trip. We were up and back in a blistering(no pun intended) 15 days. We were endured a few storm days but otherwise were blessed with good weather when we needed it.
May 31, 2011
The crew had a nice and restful day- they had a mellow morning, sleeping in and enjoying a quick round trip from 14 camp to pick up some gear cached at 13,500'. This involved dropping down out of camp for about 30 minutes, digging up their cache that they left
May 31, 2011
The entire team made it to high camp today, and they are happily tucked into their tents with hand warmers and hot water bottles. They earned their rest tonight- the move from 14 to 17.2 camp is a hard one, but everyone performed marvelously. They first climbed up about 1,400'
May 31, 2011
Markus, along with guides Karen Kingsley and Nick Shepherd, left high camp early this morning to attempt the summit, and I just received word that the rope team has made it safely back to high camp, having successfully summitted Denali! They are all well and plan on descending the mountain
May 30, 2011
Peter called in with the final podcast for Qobin's Denali expedition. The team is back in Anchorage, and Qobin is actually on a plane heading back to Malaysia. We wish him safe travels and thank him for joining us on Denali. This was his second attempt at the peak, but
