Lead guide Adam Smith called in a fairly understated update from the basin camp at 11,200′. I say understated, because what is left unsaid is that the team had a very, very tough day today. They packed up their camp at 7,800′ on the Kahiltna Glacier, donned snowshoes and broke trail through 2.4 feet of…
DetailsPachi called from Camp 3 after the team took advantage of good weather in the morning to push a load of supplies up to 5000 meters on the ridge above their camp. Today they climbed up the most steep part of the West Buttress, using 200 meters of rope that is affixed into the steep…
DetailsOur guide Karl Welter called in from the basin camp at 11,200′ with an update on the May 30th Team’s progress. Today, they dropped back down to retrieve their cache of supplies, which they had buried at about 10,200′ two days ago. The weather and snowfall made what is traditionally a pretty easy day into…
DetailsLowell called in a quick update from the May 30 Team’s Camp 2 at 11,200′. Today was a relatively short day, for the most par, as the team descended down to the site of their cache at about 9,800′ and retrieved all their supplies. They hiked downhill for about 45 minutes, dug up their buried…
DetailsThe May 26 Team spent the day watching the snow fall at Camp 3. The weather was pretty bad today, with a lot of snow and light winds. They have plenty of food and will wait for the weather to improve before carrying supplies up onto the ridge below their next camp. The route to…
DetailsAlbert C. called in a nice post from Team Fubar’s Camp 1 at 7,800 feet on the broad Kahiltna Glacier. Today, the team carried supplies higher on the mountain, dug a deep pit in the snow, and buried those supplies. This is called “making a cache or caching” in expedition parlance. The hike to the…
Jorge Luis Decurgez called in on behalf of the May 20th team, who have spent their third weather day in a row, camped at the 14,200′ basin on the West Buttress route of Denali. The team is doing well, but their food and supplies are dwindling with each passing day, so Jorge has asked for…
Peter called in the team report today. He speaks of poor weather and windy,snowy conditions. The team tried to pick up a cache of equipment and supplies that they left buried on the glacier the day before, but as the team was forced to turn back to camp due to the weather. Everyone is safe…
Team Fubar moved to Camp 1 at 7800′ today. The team took advantage of the cooler evening hours to move up the glacier, as the lower glacier can be very hot (!) during the heat of the day. It sounds like the team arrived at camp at 3 AM, and the plan is to rest…
