Trip Reports
This team has made steady progress uphill. Today they completed one of the hardest days of their trip. After seeing rain, wind and snow our friends got a beautiful day for mountain travel. You can hear the joy in their voices. Today they got to climb Squirrel Hill, the Polo Field and around Windy Corner…
Today the team had a relaxing day at 14 Camp, resting and hydrating in preparation for the move to the upper mountain. David called in the report, but we aren’t sure if it’s David J. or David T. If you know, please identify him! (It’s DAVID JONES – Thanks to his mother for identifying his…
Ignacio called in a post from the site of the team’s Camp 1, located at 7,800′ (2200m) on the Kahiltna Glacier. The team awoke early and hiked about 5 miles (8 km) up the broad Kahiltna, passing stunning peaks and hiking past massive crevasses. Camp 1 is located where a tributary glacier, the Northeast Fork…
Alain Tardif called in from 11,200′. The team carried a load of supplies up and around an iconic feature known as Windy Corner, to cache it all at about 13,500′. As they got higher, they faced some rather biting wind, but they were able to get their task for the day completed. The climbers donned…
Each season, we work with teams of climbers from different parts of the world, in an effort to help climbers from different cultural backgrounds have a great experience on North America’s tallest mountain. In just a day or two the May 30 team will begin their journey to Alaska, convening at the Millennium Hotel for…
The team in Talkeetna, at the National Park Service climber orientation.
David Rickman, climbing with his two sons, called in after a great day of progress. The team carried a load of supplies high onto the ridge that leads to their next camp, the 17,220′ high camp. The work entailed departing camp early, and hiking upwards about 1400′ to the bottom of a stretch of route…
Rick Notley called in from 14,200′ camp, after the team carried a load of supplies up to the ridge at about 16,400′. We’re happy to announce that Rick has set a new personal altitude record with today’s endeavor! The weather has not been very amenable to travel of late, so there were a number of…
Lead guide Scott Woolums called in from Kahiltna Base Camp, located at 7,200′ (2200m) on the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier. Glaciers are essentially rivers of ice, and the Southeast Fork is a tributary of the immense Kahiltna Glacier, which runs from north to south. Tomorrow morning, the team will descend the Southeast Fork…
John Klein called in a nice post from the beautiful basin camp at 11,200′. Today, the team took it easy and did a “backcarry” today, meaning they dropped back down to the site of their supply cache at about 10,200′ and retrieved their kit. They will use this strategy at higher camps as well. Among…