Duncan Calls from Camp 1
They are off to a good start and arrived at Camp 1 this morning after an early start.
Listen to Duncan’s call from this evening.
Wounded Warrior Team at 7,800ft
The team is moving right along and made it up to 7,800 ft on the Kahiltna Glacier today. They’ve traveled about 6 miles up the glacier in the last 2 days and they’re doing great. The weather hasn’t been ideal with a bit of wet snow falling on the lower glacier, but it hasn’t been…
Stormy Weather
Another day of stormy weather in the Alaska Range today. The team is in good company up at Camp 3, with 2 other Mountain Trip teams waiting out the storm and hoping to move up the mountain. It’s been over a week now since our teams have been able to move up to high camp,…
Another Day of Wind and Snow
If wishing could change the weather, our teams at Camp 3 would be moving up to high camp today, but unfortunately the weather isn’t so cooperative. It was another day of wind up high and snow, but things began to settle down as the day wore on leaving them with some hope of moving up…
Traverse Team back to civilization
The Traverse Team is back in civilization tonight after waiting once again for the weather to break so they could fly back to Talkeetna. They didn’t get to summit the mountain, but they sure gave it a good shot, spending 8 days at high camp in some pretty tough conditions. The weather didn’t cooperate on…
Duncan and crew at Base Camp
The team flew to base camp today! They met early this morning in Anchorage and drove up to Talkeetna where they checked in with the National Park Service, and then went to the airport in hopes of flying onto the glacier. The weather had been preventing flights from getting in to the AK Range for…
Off to Talkeetna!
The guides met Duncan yesterday for a gear check in Anchorage, and they are off for Talkeetna this morning. They’ll check in with the National Park Service and then head over to the airstrip in hopes of flying to the glacier today. The weather continues to be uncooperative with clouds and rain down in Talkeetna,…
May 27 Team – Diarmud calls from 4328m
The team was unable to move up to high camp today, as a lot of snow fell on their camp and strong winds buffeted their tents. Diarmud’s report is in the classic understated fashion of the Irish. Other reports we have received indicate that 2′ (60cm) of snow fell on Tuesday and winds of up…
J. Y. and Suzanne – Digging out the tents!
Nick Aiello called in from 14,200′ (4328m) with a report of heavy snowfall today, which kept the guides busy. His report makes it sound like the “Guides All-Star Shoe Band,” featuring Jack on the snow saw, Sean on the grain scoop, Nick on the shovel and Suzanne holding down the tent! 90 km winds and…
Wounded Warrior Team – At Camp 1
Will Hockett, one of our guides on the Warfighter Sports Team, called in an audio post that was partially garbled, due to the relatively small window of southern sky the team has to communicate with the satellites transmitting their phone calls from this camp. It sounds like everyone is having a great time, the team…