Trip Reports
Rusty called in from Camp 3 on the West Buttress route on Denali at 14,200 ft to report that they’d moved up today and everyone is doing well. It’s a big climb with all of their gear, and then when they arrive, they’ve got a lot of work to do to set up camp, but…
The team spent the day at Camp 3 practicing some skills they’ll need when they get the opportunity to climb higher on Denali. Above them looms a pretty steep headwall of snow and ice where there is a fixed line for some additional security. It takes some practice to be efficient on the fixed lines,…
Travis Baldwin called in from 14,200′, happy after a relatively easy day of dropping downhill about 700′, picking up their cache and hiking it back into camp. He was pretty enthusiastic about the state of their camp, so hopefully, we’ll get some pictures when they get down off the mountain! The Rib team is now…
Another early morning wake up call for the Everest climbers at Camp 2 today. They rose to clear skies and no winds as they pulled on their down suits and prepared for the next couple of days of their push to the summit. They’ll rest for the afternoon at Camp 3 where they are starting…
The team is practicing patience on Denali, waiting for the weather to improve and to keep moving up the mountain. Many teams are waiting with them at the 14,200 ft camp today as the weather has held teams from going to high camp and having a chance to summit for a few days now. They…
Dave called in the dispatch from the May 13th Mountain Trip Denali team this evening from the 11,000 ft camp. Today they climbed up to around 13,500 ft to put a cache of food and gear in the snow, and returned to Camp 2 for the night. They carried their loads up Motorcycle Hill, and…
Lead Guide Josh Garner called in a report on the team’s move up past the top of the Kahiltna Glacier. They hiked heavy loads about 4.5 miles up glacier in pretty tough weather, as clouds, snow and wind poured along the Kahiltna. As they climbed higher, they rose above much of the weather as they…
Lead Guide Aaron Diamond called in from Genet Basin, a broad bowl perched above a hanging glacier and below a rocky ridge that leads up to High Camp on the West Buttress and the steep snow slopes that lead up to the West Ridge route on Denali. They moved up today in much kinder conditions…
Manish called in from the huge basin camp at 14,200′. The team has been waiting for a break in the weather to move up to high Camp, but waves of precipitation and wind have thus far not given them the opportunity to push high. If anyone can provide a translation of Manish’s report, I’d sure…
Lead Guide Sebastian Grau checked in from Genet Basin, a giant bowl in which they have made their third camp as they continue to acclimatize. The team moved up from 11,200′ today in much nicer conditions than the maelstrom in which they turned back from yesterday. Patience paid off! Everyone is doing well and in…