June 20, 2024
Climber Phil with the June 18th Team called in to report that the team made the "night move" from Basecamp to Camp 1. He's got some special shout outs for the family back home as well! Here's Phil: Audio Recording Why move at night, you ask? Well, its become that
June 20, 2024
Please help us welcome our 19th Denali team of the season: the June 18th West Buttress Denali Expedition! The June 18th Expedition consists of: Climber Phil O'Connor Climber David Parish Climber Paige Parish Climber Ding Jianwei Led by their amazing guides: Lead Guide Harrison Lewis Assistant Guide Joe Kinner The
June 19, 2024
Lead Guide Aaron called in from the June 7th Team to report that they pushed up to High Camp!!! Here's Aaron: Audio Recording It sounds like they had a beautiful day making the move, with spectacular views from the 16,000' ridge that connects Camp 3 to High Camp. Now that
June 19, 2024
It's a bit hard to hear... but we believe this is Climber Emma with the June 10th Team calling in from 14,200' to report on their skills/rest day at Camp 3. Since the team picked up their cache on the way up to Camp 3 the day before, they earned
June 19, 2024
Climber Grace with the June 15th Team called in ON HER BIRTHDAY (!!!) to report that they team climbed all the way from Camp 2 to Camp 3, making their way around Windy Corner, to put in a cache before returning down to Camp 2. Unfortunately, Grace gets cut off
June 19, 2024
Climber Decatur called in from the June 12th Team but sadly the transmission was cut short before we could hear an update... Fortunately, we know that Decatur and the team took a nice rest day at 14,200' today! Here's Decatur's short report: Audio Recording The team will take some rest
June 19, 2024
Lead Guide Marcus called in from the June 9th Team to report they made their first trip up the Headwall and it's fixed lines to install a cache on the 16,000' Ridge between Camp 3 and High Camp! Here's Marcus: Audio Recording
June 19, 2024
At Mountain Trip, our #1 goal is to get everyone safely home. I am happy to report that we have achieved this without any instances of frostbite or altitude illness. Additionally, on June 15th, 2 of the 4 climbers reached the summit on a beautiful, nearly windless day…and one of them on
June 18, 2024
Assistant Guide Gavin called in from the June 7th Team at Camp 3 to report on their rest day activities at 14,200'. Here's Gavin: Audio Recording They made a trip to the "Edge of the World" where the flat plateau of 14-Camp drops away 7000' to the glacier below. It's
June 18, 2024
Climber Sam called in with a lively update from the June 10th Team to report on their "Herculean carry" from Camp 2 up to Camp 3! You've got to hear it from Sam himself: Audio Recording Giant backpacks, "hills that shall not be named", free cheesecake from the neighbors, and
