The team from our April 29th West Buttress expedition spent the day fortifying their camp at 14, 200′, in the big basin below the West Buttress of Denali. They endured a pretty rough night of high winds and pretty much zero visibility, and spent the day strengthening their snow walls surrounding their tents. The weather…
DetailsThe April 22 Team has been having a tough go of it up t high camp. They were hammered by winds all night last night and had one tent pole break and rip through the fly of the tent. Repairing a tent at 4 in the morning is not a lot of fun… The weather…
DetailsNick called in with an audio post, but I suspect that the satellites passed out of view before he could finish his call… It’s way to early in the trip for high altitude babbling… I was able to speak with him over three attempts on the satellite phone and they spent the day at camp…
DetailsNick called in from Camp 1 after carrying a load up the hill and caching it earlier this morning. It sounds like it is snowing pretty hard currently, so they’re happy to be back in camp and hunkered down for the rest of the day. Click the link to listen to Nicks afternoon call! recording…
DetailsNick called in from Camp 1 at 7,800′ on the Kahiltna Glacier last night. The team moved up glacier in really great conditions. Nick described the Kahiltna as being in the best shape he’s seen in his seven years guiding on Denali. Everyone did really well and they are planning to carry supplies up to…
DetailsMichael Burmeister called late last night to report that the April 22 team took a stab at the summit yesterday, but turned back about half way up the Autobahn, when winds began to pick up. They awoke to a clear, beautiful morning and packed up with everything they might need for a summit bid. Heading…
DetailsHello from the Vacation Capital of the Khumbu Area! All of us are here enjoying today, before moving up to Lobouche tomorrow and Base Camp the next day. We went for a few different hikes today in the area. Some went down to Pheriche Village, Tim and I went over towards Ama Dablam Base Camp,…
DetailsHere’s the evening call from the April 29th team at 14,200 ft. Sounds like they are doing great! Click the link below to listen to the call.
recording Lead guide Nick Shepherd passed the sat phone around at basecamp today, the team took a day to organize their scene and go over basic glacier travel and mountaineering techniques.