June 15th West Buttress Team – Final Dispatch
Sean checks in with the final dispatch from the June 15th Denali Expedition. He’s making the final post on a sunny day in Anchorage and everyone is on their way back towards home. Here’s Sean! recording
Trip Reports
June 24 Denali Team – Final Dispatch
Back in the big city after a couple weeks in the Alaska Range, the June 24 Denali team is enjoying their first hot showers, internet and flush toilets! We left our 14,200′-camp at 9 p.m. and hiked through nearly two feet of fresh snow on the way down to Camp 2 at 11,200′. After a…
June 26th Denali Team Enjoys a day at 14k
The June 26th team enjoyed a beautiful acclimatization/rest day at the 14,200 ft camp on Denali today. They hiked out to a spot called “The Edge of the World” where they can look down about 7,000 ft to the glacier below and get some amazing views of the Alaska Range. They are getting some really…
Team Jaahnavi Descending
Jaahnavi called in from the 7,800 ft camp this evening on their descent from high camp. It sounds like they had a beautiful day on the descent and are planning to head to basecamp early tomorrow morning. They’ll travel the final 5+ miles to base camp during the coldest time of the day and hope…
June 26 Team – Amanda Calls From 14 Camp
Amanda Birkett called from 14,200′ where the members of the June 26th Team are all enjoying spectacular weather, after their extended stay in a snowstorm at their previous camp. Today, they reviewed skills that they will need to use as they move higher up the mountain. The guides established a series of “fixed lines” by…
Team Jaahnavi Checks In From 14,200′
Our guide Kristin Arnold called on behalf of Team Jaahnavi. They descended down from High Camp at 17,200′ to the big basin camp at 14,200′ today. It was a long descent, but Jaahnavi did really well, even climbing up on top of a rock tower known as “Washburn’s Thumb!” Back in camp, they settled in…
Patience Pays Off! The June 16th Team Puts a Climber on the Summit!
Lead Guide Rob “Durny” Durnell called from the summit of Denali! He, Oliver and Chip Crawley, a guide from another Mountain Trip team, are all on the top of North America. They moved up high and took advantage of a brief break in the weather to punch high in very tough conditions. We don’t have…
JUNE 26 TEAM AT 14 CAMP
Unfortunately the team dispatch is too garbled to understand, but we know that the team moved to 14 Camp yesterday and everyone is safe and sound. Here is the mystery caller: recording
Team Jaahnavi Update from Fischer
Fischer Hazen called in on behalf of Team Jaahnavi. The team had a really tough go of it, moving up to High Camp at 17,200′ yesterday. Conditions were very difficult and they made it to camp ahead of a lightning storm. Today, they rested at camp and discussed their options. Given the conditions of the…
Team Jaahnavi moves to HIGH CAMP, 17,200′!
Mountain Trip guide Kristin Arnold called in with an update on the June 22 West Buttress Team, aka Team Jaahnavi, who spent the day yesterday moving up the steep headwall from 14,200′ to High Camp at 17,200′. They team has been preparing for the move for the past several days, by burying a cache above…