Trip Reports
Mountain Trip guide Josh Garner called in the team’s report today. They team moved a load of equipment and supplies up the glacier to approximately 10,500′. The team is feeling good and moving well, and the plan is to move to Camp 2 tomorrow. Here’s Josh: recording
Unfortunately the satellite phone call is garbled, but the message is clear—–SUMMIT for the Gildor Team! Congratulations to the team and save travels back to Base Camp. Here’s Omri: recording
Our last Mountain Trip team is heading to Denali to close out our 2016 season! Each year, climbers are drawn from around the world to experience the splendor and remoteness of the Alaska Range, and especially to climb the highest peak in North America. Denali rises an impressive 20,320′ above the not-too-distant sea. Located close to…
These photos were taken a couple days ago, when the team departed Anchorage and headed north to the small, quaint town of Talkeetna.
June 5 Denali team near the “Edge of the Earth” June 5 team dining al fresco at 14,200′ on Denali! Guides and climbers at 14-Camp
Ben here with a final dispatch for the trip: As you all know by know the team is off the mountain and either back in Anchorage or on a plane right now on their way home. Karl and I have cleaned and put away all the equipment from the expedition and are psyched to have…
Mountain Trip climber Jaahnavi called in with an update on the June 22 Denali West Buttress expedition, who have spent their past several days at Denali Base Camp practicing mountaineering skills. The team lowered Jaahnavi into a crevasse, that they previously determined was safe, and she practiced ascending out, to give her an idea of…
Omri Gildor called in with an update their team, who reached Denali High Camp at 17,200′ by early yesterday afternoon, and set up camp. Omri said that they enjoyed calm and clear weather on their ascent up the fixed lines, and the team was feeling good about moving higher. Today, at around 8:30 am Alaska…
Climber Jaahnavi called in with an update on her West Buttress Expedition on Denali, who is still camped at Base Camp at 7,200′, practicing essential skills for Jaahnavi’s trip up to the highest point in North America in coming weeks. Yesterday, the team roped up for glacier travel, loaded up packs with food, water and…
Mountain Trip Guide Robert “Durny” Durnell called in with an update on the June 16 West Buttress team on Denali, who was successfully able to move up to 14,200′ on the mountain and set up camp. Durny said the trail was well established up to Camp 3, and the team made great progress up above…