Trip Reports
The team moved up the broad Kahiltna Glacier today, carrying the heaviest loads of the trip roughly five miles (8 km) up glacier. Well, the route actually started with a descent from Base Camp, down the tributary Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier, following it as it flowed down to meet the main body of…
Chris Silkwood called in via a not-great satellite phone connection. The team is at 7,800′ on the Kahiltna Glacier and today, they carried food and supplies higher on the glacier as they continue their acclimatization process. Today, they climbed up about 2500′ to the head of the Kahiltna. They dug a deep pit in the…
Karl Welter and Simen Haare called in a nice report, four days into their climb. They have had some deep snow to contend with in the past days, and today they broke trail through a meter of new snow to retrieve their cache from below Camp 2. Today was what we call a “backcarry day.” …
The team made it to Base Camp today! The weather did not look super promising earlier in the day, but as the afternoon approached, the clouds parted and they took advantage of a brief window in the rainy Talkeetna weather to fly to the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier. Climbers come to Alaska from…
Mountain Trip guide Fischer Hazen called in from Camp 1 at 7800 feet on the broad Kahiltna Glacier today. The team took a weather day today, as strong winds and blowing snow made visibility challenging. The 7800′ camp is kind of a tough one, as you cannot see much of the route above, and with…
Pete Linkroum called in with an unfortunately abbreviated update. The satellites conveying his transmission passed out of reach before he got too far into his call. The team spent today looking at snow falling and unable to move up to their next camp, due to the stormy weather. They took advantage of the day to…
Lead Guide Sebastian Grau called in after the team pushed though strong headwind to reach the site of their Camp 1 on this West Rib of Denali expedition. Regardless of how you climb the Rib (alpine or expedition style), you have to head up the broad Kahiltna Glacier. The Kahiltna is the longest glacier in…
Erich Nell called in from the team’s new home for the next few days – the broad, Genet Basin at 14,200′ (4328 m). The team moved up today, passing the cache they had left previously at 13,500′, and continuing another hour to what is often referred to as the Advanced Base Camp for the West…
No – it’s not Darth Jacob, the new emissary of the Dark side… The climbers on our 2017 Mount Everest team reviewed and practiced the use of our oxygen system in preparation of their final rotation up the mountain. The winds on the upper mountain have been very strong and there is a good amount…