May 3 Forbes Team – Sean calls from 14K
Sean called in from the big basin at 14,200′ to wish a Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there! They did great on their move up and around Windy Corner and everyone is happy and doing great.
May 8 Team – Jacob Calls from Base Camp
Lead guide Jacob Schmitz called in from the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier. The team all flew in and is camped on the snow at the increasingly bustling “Kahiltna International Airport.” Planes come and go regularly, delivering climbers and sight seers alike. They will spend some time working on skills today and tomorrow morning,…
May 3 Forbes Team – Brian Calls from 11,200′
Our guide Brian Muller called in from the beautiful basin camp at 11,200′. The back carried today, which means that they hiked back down to the site of their 10,200′ cache to pick up the supplies they had buried. They carried those supplies up to the basin camp. This is a pretty easy day of…
May 5 WB Team – Call from 7800′
Steve Morton called in a report from 7,800′ camp on the Kahiltna Glacier today. The team made a carry up the “Ski Hill” to put a cache in at around 10,200′. It was a bright, sunny day, which means warm, even in early May on Denali. It sounds like our guides are feeding them well,…
May 8th Denali Team – Meet the Team!
Our third team of the season is headed up to fly into Denali later this afternoon. Our May 8th Team met in Anchorage yesterday and finalized their preparations for their attempt on the highest peak in North America. The team spent much of yesterday running errands in Anchorage, picking up last minute items and eating…
Island Peak Team – Back in Kathmandu
Our Island Peak team was delayed by weather at the dirt airstrip in Lukla. The inclement weather, combined with the peak of the pre monsoon tourist season, resulted in almost a thousand people waiting to fly. Our guys got a bit creative and hiked a short ways down valley to get below the clouds and…
May 5 Team Staying Warm at Camp 1
Bernd Horsman called in with the first audio post of our 2013 Denali season! Apparently, it has been quite chilly at night, and some of his call is about strategies they are devising to stay warm, as it was -14C (7F) in his tent this morning. Heck, that’s a balmy day on Denali!! Bernd’s…
May 3 Forbes Denali Team is moving to Camp 2
Today is a clear and beautiful day in the Alaska Range. The team “made a carry” yesterday to roughly 10,200′ and buried a cache of equipment and food before descending back to the site of their Camp 1 at 7,800′ in the early afternoon. This technique is called “double carrying” between camps. It is an…
Our Second Denali Team is on the Mountain!
Our second Denali team of the season is on the move up the mountain! We apologize for the delay in posting, but we had a bit of a technical challenge that prevented us from posting recently. We will refer to this team as our “2013 May 5 West Buttress Team” and you can follow them…
Short Hike Up to Lhotse Face Today
Perfect weather this morning. Our 4th day up at Camp 2. Lots of people moving below and above Camp 3 now. Always a good thing to remember, there is no hurry. Lots of people appear to be planning early summits, but there still are no fixed lines to the summit and the jet stream is…