Trip Reports

June 17 Team Reached High Camp!!

Lead Guide Caitlin Hague called in from 17,200′.  The team moved up today on what she described as a glorious day of blue skies interspersed with light snow showers.  The ridge is a spectacular place, with fun, engaging climbing weaving between rocky outcrops and along knife edged snow ridges.  The exposure off to each side…

June 23rd Team Backcarried from 11,200′

Josh Oakley called in from 11,200′, the site of the June 23rd Team’s Camp 2.  The team dropped down about a thousand feet to retrieve a cache of supplies that they had buried in the snow a couple days earlier.  This process of “double carrying” enables the team to both move the heaps of food,…

June 15 Team – Llegaron en Talkeetna!

The June 15th team flew off the glacier today, arriving in the small town of Talkeetna shortly after noon Alaska time.  They were met by a van and driver from Mountain Trip, and driven south to Anchorage, where they will have a celebratory dinner before arranging their flights home to Santiago, Chile.   El equipo…

June 26 Team – On the Glacier!

Lead Guide Adam Smith called in from the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier.  The team flew onto the glacier today after a brief weather delay in Talkeetna.  Arriving at 7,200′, they spent the afternoon sorting their kit into individual loads and rigging the sleds that will help them haul all that gear. They plan…

June 23 Team calls in from 11,200′

Our guide Brian Kramp called in on behalf of the June 23rd team.  They took a weather day at 7,800′, which is a difficult decision to make so low on the mountain, but it proved to be a good call, and they were able to move up to 11,200′ in tough, but decent weather. They…

June 24 Team Checks in from Camp 1

Lead Guide Pablo Puruncajas called in from 7,800′, the site of the team’s Camp 1 on the immense Kahiltna Glacier.  They made good time moving up from Base Camp, covering the five miles in about five hours.  This is a tough day, with climbers loaded down with all the food, fuel and supplies for a…

June 13 Team checks in from 14,200′

Lead Guide Rob “Durny” Durnell called in from 14,200′. The team has been busy for the past few days moving supplies up and down the mountain and he apologizes for the radio silence of the past few days. A couple things have occurred recently – Sangeeta decided to head back down to Base Camp.  She…

June 23 Team Carries to 10,200′

Lead Guide Sean McManamy called in from the team’s Camp 1 at 7,800′ today.  The crew carried supplies and equipment about 3.5 miles up glacier to an elevation of near 10,200′ this morning.  It has been hot on the glacier during the long sunny Alaskan days, so they awoke early and moved while the glacier…

JUNE 23 TEAM AT CAMP 1

The team moved from Base Camp to Camp 1 yesterday. Due to the warm weather and conditions on the lower glacier, the team rested during the day a moved at night when the weather is cooler, which makes for much more comfortable conditions to move up the glacier. Believe it or not, it can be…