Nick Aiello called in after a well deserved night’s rest. He, Rob and Con had a tough go reaching the summit yesterday. The morning was clear, but conditions changed as they got higher and the team needed to dig deep to make it to the top in somewhat windy conditions. The plan is to head…
DetailsAfter pushing up the ridge in moderate winds and light snow, the team was rewarded with a calm and sunny rest day at 17,200′. The day offered plenty of good photos and a chance for everyone to get ready for the summit attempt the following day. The alarm in the guides tent went off at…
DetailsLead guide Jacob Schmitz called in from the team’s new home- High Camp! They worked hard yesterday to push up to 17,200′ and everyone is tucked into their warm sleeping bags for the evening. It sounded like to day was a pretty nice day to travel and the team took advantage of the break in…
DetailsDave Bull called in after the June 23 team carried loads up the steep fixed lines and cached them on the ridge that leads to high camp. This is a tough day, both physically and mentally, as descending steep terrain like the fixed lines are stretched across can be unnerving to most mortals. Everyone did…
DetailsRob called in from the top of Denali just minutes ago! They battled the weather a bit today, but they are doing great and moving really well. Congratulations Rob, Con, and Nick! They’ll head back down to high camp in just a few minutes where they’ll spend the night and rest before beginning their long…
DetailsWe might need to come up with a new, more fitting team name for this crew. They have been signing off each dispatch with a cacophony of jungle and/or farm animal calls. If this had only just begun, I might suspect Cerebral Edema of the entire group, but as they have been consistent for days,…
DetailsThe June 26 Denali team called in (Ross, I believe?) after today’s rest and acclimatization day at the broad 14,200′ camp. Today they took a short hike over to “The Edge of the World.” This spot truly feels like such, with a stomach dropping view of 1000m of nothing between you and the Northeast Fork…
DetailsLead guide for our June 19 team, Constantine Severis called in after the team took a rest and acclimatization day at High Camp. Moving up to this camp at 17,200′ is a very hard day of work and it is generally prudent to take a day to rest, hydrate and allow your body to further…
DetailsNick Aiello called in on behalf of the June 19th team, who have patiently been awaiting an opportunity to move up to their last camp of the West Buttress route. Today, they took advantage of clear skies and moved up the 3,000′ of elevation to establish themselves at High Camp! Today’s move was one of…
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