Trip Reports
Lead Guide Ty from the May 26th West Buttress Expedition called in from 17,200′ to report that the team has made it to High Camp! Here’s Ty: Audio Recording The move to High Camp is a doozy! Up the fixed lines and all the way across the 16-Ridge, it’s definitely one of the top 3…
The May 19th Team went for the summit, but then made the wise decision to come back down in the face of adverse weather conditions. They are currently back at High Camp. The recording is a bit hard to hear, but here’s Lead Guide Tom reporting on the day: Audio Recording It’s so difficult…
Lead Guide Josh called in from the May 29th West Buttress Expedition to report that the team made it Camp 3. The team is now settling in to life at 14,200′! Their dispatch gets cut off at the end but give it a listen! Marshall shares what was on his mind as he made the…
The May 22nd Team went for the summit, but then made the wise decision to come back down in the face of adverse weather conditions. They are currently back at High Camp. Learn all about it in this dispatch: Audio Recording It’s so difficult to know when to turn back, but we are incredibly proud…
Climber Flo called in from the June 2nd West Buttress Denali Expedition to report that the team made the move up to Camp 2! He also has some special shout-outs in French! Listen here (or should we say “Ecoute maintenant”): Audio Recording It also sounds like the team persevered through a wide range of weather…
17 nights on the mountain and still stoked! Assistant Guide Joe called in from High Camp to report that the team is feeling optimistic that Friday will provide them with good enough weather to make a summit attempt! Here’s Joe: Audio Recording The May 19th team has now officially spent THE MOST time on the…
Waiting, waiting, waiting… Assistant Guide Maddie called in from the May 22nd West Buttress Denali Expedition to report that the team is hunkered down at High Camp waiting for the weather to improve to make their summit attempt. Here’s Maddie: Audio Recording The final camp of Denali, “High Camp”, is situated on the 17,200′ shoulder…
Climber Triin from the May 26th West Buttress Denali Expedition called in from Camp 3 to report that the team took a nice rest day today. She also had some special shout outs for the folks back home: Audio Recording The team has already installed a cache on the 16-Ridge, so now they wait for…
Climber Bruce with the June 2nd West Buttress Denali Expedition called in to report that the team has installed their first cache of the trip below Camp 2. Here’s Bruce: Audio Recording What is a cache, you ask??? Well, to put it simply, its a big hole in the snow where you bury your stuff!…
Lead Guide Kyle Hornor from the June 2nd West Buttress Denali Expedition called in with his team’s first audio dispatch of their trip! The team flew in, after spending one “bonus night” in Talkeetna, and then quickly charged their way to Camp 1. Nice work team! Listen to Kyle’s dispatch here: Audio Recording The June…