The team gave it a strong effort, working hard for weeks as they made their way up the slopes of Denali, but ultimately, conditions just didn’t cooperate. They started up for the ridge camp at 16,400 ft yesterday, but were turned around by the conditions. Over the past days, feet of new snow has accumulated…
DetailsKim Grant called in to give us all an update on the progress of the team. They loaded up food, fuel and supplies and carried loads up the steepest section of the route today, making a cache on the beautiful ridge line at about 16,400′. The route out of camp ascends moderately steep snow slopes,…
DetailsThe June 12 team called back to finish up their post with comments, thoughts and updates from a half dozen team members.
Here’s the team!
The team took advantage of a break in the weather yesterday to seek out new surroundings. They made a push up and around the formidable feature known as Windy Corner and arrived at the large basin camp at 14,200′ (4328m). They were thrilled to see that another Mountain Trip team had already built tent platforms…
Duncan called in to let us know that they got a break in the weather and moved up the ridge to high camp at 17,200′! They climbed up moderate snow slopes for about 1,400′ before climbing the steepest section of the route, “The Headwall.” This is a 600′ slope of ice and snow that climbers…
The team got off to a quick start after their delay in Talkeetna. They set off very early this morning with all the food, fuel, and equipment for their expedition on in their packs and sleds. They hauled these big loads just over 5 miles up the Kahiltna glacier to Camp 1 at 7,200 ft. …
The team was delayed in Talkeetna due to weather, but they are now on the glacier and anxious to get things going. They have made a carry up to Camp 1 and it sounds like they are having a great time!
Today was a relatively relaxing day for the crew. They slept in a bit, had a big breakfast, and then went back down the trail a bit to pick up the cache they left at 13,500ft earlier in the trip. It was a bit snowy up there, but not too much to stop them from…
The team is hanging in there, but the weather isn’t cooperating. They are sitting out this extended storm at the 14,200 ft camp with several other teams waiting to move up the mountain. They are doing great, but the weather ultimately dictates what goes on up there.
Listen to the evening call from Thad.
The team is off to a good start and flew into base camp on schedule today. Several teams have been waiting in Talkeetna for 2-3 days for the weather to clear and allow flights to base camp, so our team got lucky. It was a big day, they met early this morning in Anchorage and…