Trip Reports
Lead Guide Josh and team called in from the May 29th West Buttress Denali Expedition to report that they were able to make it around Windy Corner today and put in a cache below Camp 3! The team also shared their favorite meals of the trip so far. Listen in to find out what our…
The May 22nd West Buttress Denali Expedition is preparing themselves for a summit attempt by resting and acclimatizing at High Camp. Listen all about it here: Audio Recording They got to practice their “summit drills”, in which climbers practice putting on their goggles, facemask, and heavy mitts without taking their gloves off. This is an…
Climber Tavis from the May 26th West Buttress Denali Expedition called in from Camp 3 to report that his team made their first successful trip up the fixed lines to install a cache on the 16,000′ Ridge that leads to High Camp! Listen here: Audio Recording The team is now in position to move up…
Climber Eva called in from the May 22nd West Buttress Denali Expedition to report that the team had a long hard day heading up the fixed lines and across the 16,000′ Ridge but they have made it to High Camp! Eva also had some nice shout-outs to her friends and family back home. Here’s Eva:…
Lead Guide Josh knows how to make some fun dispatches! His team called in to report on “The Things They Carried”, listing items that the team members either wish they had, or wish they didn’t have on this expedition. Listen here to learn more about each person’s kit! Audio Recording The funny thing about Denali…
Climber Luke Shaw with the May 26th West Buttress Denali Expedition called in to say “Whaddup world?!” and give us a little recap of his team’s progress: they retrieved their cache below Camp 3 and are fully setup at 14,200′. Luke also gives some special shout outs to some friends and family back home. Give…
Climber Mick from the May 19th West Buttress Denali Expedition called in from 17,200′ to report that the team climbed up the fixed lines, traversed the 16-Ridge and has arrived at High Camp! Here’s Mick: Audio Recording We’re impressed with how excited and energized the team sounds! Moving from Camp 3 to High Camp is…
We are excited to welcome and introduce our 11th Denali team of the season: the June 1st West Buttress Team! This team consists of: Climber Caroline Leon Climber Sophie Bayat Lead Guide Eli Potter Assistant Guide Bailey Mischenko We will be following along as our first expedition team of the year begins their journey to…
Lead Guide Josh with the May 29th West Buttress Denali Expedition called in to report that team persevered through some adverse conditions to make it to Camp 2! As with most satellite phone calls originating from Camp 2, this one from Josh gets cut off at the end… But, we can still hear the stoke…
Assistant Guide Kaylee from the May 26th West Buttress Denali Expedition called in to report that they made it to Camp 3 at 14,200′! But it wasn’t easy… Listen to Kaylee here: Audio Recording Sometimes on the West Buttress route, the trail is firm and easy to travel, with hundreds of climber’s feet packing it…