May 16, 2011
Zach Johnson just called in to report that 2/3 of our team made it to the glacier, with the remaining three climbers and Zach waiting to fly later today. Three planed departed for the glacier and Zach's was a bit slower than the others. By the time they reached the
May 16, 2011
Welcome to the dispatch blog for Mountain Trip's May 15th West Buttress expedition. A team of nine climbers and three of our guides have gathered in Southcentral Alaska and are now in the process of attempting to climb to the summit of North America's highest mountain. Let's meet the team!
May 16, 2011
Bill Allen called in a somewhat intelligible post from Camp 2 on their summit push. The plan is to move to Camp 3 today. Hear Bill! [audio:http://mountaintrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/e006d133250378b37faa320a7042d9446d199ea01.mp3]
May 16, 2011
The participants from our May 14th 12-Day Mountaineering Course are all on the Kahiltna Glacier. They met in Anchorage and drove to the small town of Talkeetna yesterday. Fortunately, the weather was cooperative and they were able to make the 45 minute flight into the heart of the Alaska Range,
May 16, 2011
Yesterday, Qobin, Peter Inglis and Zach Quine departed Anchorage, Alaska en route to the small town of Talkeetna, where they spent some time being briefed about some of the challenges of climbing Denali by Rangers from the National Park Service. They were fortunate in that the weather was cooperative and
May 16, 2011
Hi Folks, We really apologize for the delay in posting, but rest assured that the May 8th team is doing great. They have been moving strong and yesterday carried a load of food, fuel and supplies up and around a key feature of the route, namely a massive, steep ridge
May 15, 2011
Sean called in last night from 10.200' on the Northwest Buttress. The team is doing great and feels energized to be on the route. His reference to "Thanksgiving Dinner" means that they dined on a guide favorite of turkey and stuffing with re-hydrated cranberries and mashed potatoes and gravy. Sounds
May 15, 2011
The 11,200' basin is a tough place to get messages out from, as the steep walls provide scant chances for satellite phones to connect with the orbiting satellites. Bryan called this in, and it's nice to hear his voice, although it gets rather garbled. Enjoy! [audio:http://mountaintripdenali2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/audio-post-2011-05-16-04-38-00.mp3|titles=Audio Post]
May 15, 2011
May 15, Camp 2 We made it to Camp 2 in record time this morning, everyone did great coming up here and it really looks like our team is going to be strong. Now it’s just the weather game... We’re still checking multiple forecasts, getting updates a couple of times
