June 20 Denali team moves up to 14,200 ft camp
The June 20 Team moved on up to the 14,200 ft camp today and are enjoying the views and settling into their home for the next few days. Here’s Steve with the evening dispatch from 14,200ft:
Trip Reports
West Rib Team at Balcony Camp
The West Rib team climbed up to high camp today through some fun ice and mixed terrain. They are settled in at high camp now at about 16,500 ft and are enjoying dinner and birthday celebrations for guide Matt Park! They’re watching the weather closely now and will go for the summit from here in…
Aparna Summits Denali – Her 7th Summit!
Great job Aparna! Aparna Kumar called in from the summit of Denali, as she completed her goal to climb each of the famed Seven Summits! Lead Guide Sebastian “Seba” Grau Kunhardt leads off the phone call from 20,310′ above North America. Tenacity won the day today, as Aparna has been thwarted from previous attempts to…
June 17th Denali Team – ON THE SUMMIT!
Congratulations to the members of the June 17th West Buttress team! They reached the summit of North America! This morning they departed from High Camp at about 8:45 am, hiking up a steep, rising traverse, known as The Autobahn (for a party of Germans who slipped…) to reach Denali Pass, the low point between Denali’s…
June 20th Team Moved up to 13,600 ft
The team moved up to camp at 13,600 ft this afternoon, and settled in for the afternoon. It was a hot day and they didn’t want to push up the final hour or so to the 14,200ft basin in the heat of the day. They’ll spend a night and make the final push tomorrow morning.…
June 17 Denali Team Moves to High Camp
The June 17 team moved to high camp on a beautiful day! They did great, moving quickly and are settled in this afternoon, resting and preparing to give it a shot at a summit tomorrow. Here’s Kristin with the evening dispatch from High Camp at 17,200 ft:
Ema and Team back at high camp after summit day
Kaylee called in from Ema’s team as they were relaxing back at high camp after a perfect summit day. They are all doing great, feeling lucky to have had perfect weather, and gotten to the top of Denali today!! Congrat’s to all, and good work up there. Here’s Kaylee with the call from back at…
Alan Snyder Private Acclimatizing at 14,200 ft
Alan called in from Camp 3 at 14,200ft where they were taking a day to rest and acclimatize. They took a walk over to a place called the “Edge of the World” and enjoyed the views of the Alaska Range on a beautiful day. Here’s Alan checking in:
June 10th Denali Team Checks In From 14,200′
The June 10th team checked in from 14,200′, after they descended from High Camp this morning. They are resting at the (relatively) thick air of Camp 3, before they will continue their descent down to Base Camp later this evening. Here’s Lead Guide Brian Kramp – recording
Team Ema On The Summit!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO EMA DANTAS!!!!! Team Ema reached the summit of Denali on a beautiful day. Lead Guide Jason Denley and Ema were able to get shout outs to their families before losing the satellite signal. GREAT JOB! Ema worked exceptionally hard to provide an example to people around the world that anyone… anyone(!) can do…