Trip Reports
Hi Scot and friends, Of all my 17 trips on Denali, ours was the most challenging ever. From our 5 day delay doing the Talkeetna hang in the beginning, relentless wind and snow on the upper mountain, to the final descent in a white out; mother nature had no mercy. Despite the weather hardships I…
Three Mountain Trip Teams were able to reach the summit today! It was a beautiful day, a bit cold, but clear and light winds on the summit this evening. The June 5 (Japan 8 8) Team, the June 8 (Private led by Sebastian) Team and the June 9 Team stood on top of the highest…
Lead guide Eli Potter, Keizo, and Mr. Ishikawa called in from the very top of North America! The team climbed well today and they are on the summit of Denali! They had a very clear day, with light winds, and the view from the top is absolutely amazing. Congratulations to the climbers!!! recording
Rob called in after the team dropped back down to their cache site at about 10,200′ to retrieve their supplies this morning. They had left the bulk of their extra food, fuel and some gear and clothing cached a couple of days ago, and now they are reunited with all their kit. They are all…
Matt from Australia called in from 14,200′, after the team climbed up the steepest part of the West Buttress route to put in their final cache of their climb. The Headwall, as it is known, rises to 16,200′ and climbers crest it after climbing a couple hundred meters of 40-45 degree terrain. Two lengths of…
Brian Muller called in from 14,200′, as the team rests while awaiting their chance to move up to High Camp at 17,200′. The team is doing well and they were somewhat invigorated by talking to three of our other teams that all reached the summit today. The plan is for the team to move up…
Well, the June 19 Team has been very busy since the last report. Here’s a brief recap: on June 20th the team woke early, packed up, and headed north 2.5 hours to the little Alaskan town of Talkeetna. In Talkeetna, the team checked in with the National Park Service and sat through a mandatory climber…
We just received word that the Gigi Legacy team is headed back to Base Camp. It sounds like Bob has sustained an injury to his leg, and while he is ambulatory, he has elected to descend. We are so sorry that this happened and we are super proud of Bob’s effort. The guides report that…
The weather is looking pretty good today and both the June 5 and June 9 teams are heading towards the summit! They are doing great so far and should be on the top of Denali this afternoon. We hope to get a call from the top, but sometimes the weather and temperatures keep them from…
Hui Ling and Christiaan called in the team’s report today. The climbers made a back carry today, meaning that they dropped back down to the site of their last supply cache at about 13,500′, dug it up from the snow and carried the supplies back up to 14 Camp. This makes for a pretty easy…