Trip Reports
Dawn Weaver called in from 14,200′ after the team took a rather leisurely day today. They slept in this morning, getting some well deserved rest following the tough day of moving up from 11,200′ the day before. The smell of pancakes grilling in the kitchen tent greeted the climbers when they awoke. After a slow…
Lead Guide Adam Smith called in from 11,200′ this afternoon. The team arrived just before a challenging snow storm hit camp, dropping 20 inches (.5m) of snow amidst 30 mph winds. The result was that they had to spend some time digging their tents out from firmly set up drifts of snow! The weather abated…
Durny and Jurgen are making their way back down to Base Camp, but it’s been a bit slow going due to the tough weather conditions. They stayed at 11 Camp last night, and if the conditions permit they will continue their descent today.
The team gave the summit a really good attempt, but it wasn’t in the cards. They headed to the top two days ago, but it was slow going and they had some issues with one climber having trouble with a crampon falling off. They topped out at approximately 18,200′ and had a pow wow, in…
In the face of yet another day of tough, whiteout conditions, the team pushed up from their previous camp and have established themselves in a large basin at 14,200′. This camp is often bustling with other climbing teams and is also home to a large National Park Service presence. The Rangers maintain a camp here…
Our guide Josh Garner called in from the basin camp at 11,200′. The team has been in a blizzard today, with lots of snow falling and whiteout conditions. They were unable to carry loads up higher on the mountain today, due to the snow and lack of visibility. Hopefully, tomorrow will dawn a bit less…
Our guide Travis Williams called in from the team’s Camp 1 at 7,800′. The team is planning to move to Camp 2 at 11,200′ tonight, when the glacier firms up in the chill of the Alaskan night time.
Patience paid off for Jürgen Landmann nd Lead Guide Rob “Durny” Durnell today! They reached the summit of Denali on a day of mixed clouds and after many challenges to the team. As they were on the top, they saw lightning storms form below them, and so they did not spend much time on the…
Durny reports that he and Jurgen moved to High Camp this afternoon. The team arrived at High Camp after climbing up 3000′ from their Camp 3. They ascended the fixed lines once again and this time, they continued climbing up a spectacular ridge that leads to the site of High Camp. The plan is to…
It was an exciting day for the June 23 team, especially for Brandyn and Dawn. He proposed and she said “YES!” Congratulations and best of luck on this next great adventure. In other news 🙂 the team carried a load of equipment and supplies to a cache site at 13,500′. The load carrying climbers…