The May 8 team is waiting out the weather at 14,200ft/Camp 3 today, and hope for a break by Thursday so they can start heading up the mountain. These weather days are a great opportunity to rest and acclimatize, and a defining part of Alaska Range climbs, but they can be tough. Right now the team is ready to move up to high camp at over 17,000 ft and make their summit push, but they’ll need a couple of days of decent weather to make that happen.
The team is watching the weather forecasts closely at this point, there is a National Weather Service Denali Climbing forecast which is put out twice a day by the Fairbanks office. Here’s a link to that if you’d like to follow along… Denali Climbing Forecast
We also get a private professional forecast from Marc DeKeyser at Weather 4 Expeditions which is a bit more detailed and a great tool to help guides pick a good weather window.
Today was about playing cards and relaxing for the May 8 team. Jeff had the job of calling in the evening dispatch, listen to the call from Camp 3.
Lovely an Audio. Stay safe and enjoy your beautiful expedition. Lots of love and God Bless ❤️
Thank you for the update, Jeff! It sounds like the team is still in great spirits and making the most of waiting out the weather. Keeping my fingers crossed you all get the forecast you need to move to high camp and make your push for the summit. You got this, team!
Waiting out the weather has got to be hard but will be worth it when good weather lets you push towards the summit! Go team!
Thanks for the updates! We’re wishing for good weather soon for the team.
Fingers crossed for the best weather for you, guys!!! So good to have some news! Sending good vibes! Big hug to all of you and especially to Antonio 😉 from Katha ❤️ sono fiera di te, amore!
Thanks for the update!!
@Carly have you told the team your riddles yet? That might go well with the card games.
Good luck team – we are so proud of you all!