Trip Reports
Bob called in from the middle of the Kahiltna Glacier, at 7,800′. They awoke early this morning and cruised the five miles up glacier to the site of their first on-mountain camp of their expedition. they moved well and made good time, which is a great litmus test for the days to come. Here’s Bob!…
Rich Ward called in on behalf of the team, which moved up to camp at 11,200′ today. All is well, and they are looking forward to donning crampons for the next section of their route. recording
We recently received word that the members of the May 26th team decided last night that enough was enough… They gave Denali a tremendous demonstration of patience, tenacity and perseverance, but the mountain was unforgiving and unrelenting in its seeming refusal to allow them much opportunity for upward travel. Faced with a dwindling number of…
The Simmons team, with Kurt Wedberg and Blaine Horner, are headed to High Camp. They sent us a quick note to let us know that they are on the move, after some extra time spent at the 14,200′ camp. They will climb up the same route that they did some days back when they put…
Paul, Ryan and Shaira called in as the team prepared to load their backpacks and start the long, tough climb up to High Camp! The team has been managing some very challenging weather in recent days, but today conditions have improved and they are moving up the mountain. The first hour or so of climbing…
Lead guide Durny called in from the broad basin at 14,200′ after the team did what is called a “single carry” up to camp. Rather than carrying roughly half of their total kit and caching it below camp as many teams choose to do, they packed up all their food, fuel and supplies and carried…
The team called in from Camp 2, after spending the day keeping their tents as secure as possible in the face of a pretty fierce storm that blew in during the day. At least they had some tasty sushi to feast on, whilst staying warm in their cook tent! recording
Bob, Joe and Ben had one day of weather delay in Talkeetna, but flew onto the glacier, arriving at the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier on June 11th. They spent the 12th outside of Base Camp, reviewing skills that they will need to use as they ascend the mountain. After finishing their practice, they…
From Lead Guide Caitlin Hague: Well, Denali is a fickle gal and she certainly didn’t take it easy on us. This expedition put up with some of the worst weather I’ve seen in my 8 years of guiding up there. We had weather days at every camp, including at the end of our trip just…
We’d like to welcome a team of Chinese climbers to Alaska! Qizhi Gan, Zhisheng Wu, Xianfeng Yang, Xingzheng Zhao, and Sun Bin will be guided by Mountain trip guides Sean McManamy and Brian Muller on an attempt of the West Buttress of North America’s highest peak. The West Buttress is a classic mountaineering challenge that climbs 13,000′…