Trip Reports
Durny called in from a very snowy Camp 2 at 11,200′. 20″ of snow fell on the team, with winds gusting to 30 mph. The team spent a lot of time digging their tents out of the continuously billowing snow. Digging sessions were interspersed with eating, sleeping, reading and sessions of listening to music. Here…
Fred Simmons called in from amidst a blizzard. The team took a rest day today, and started to catch up on some of their summer reading. It has been snowing heavily and the team welcomed the break so that the can just eat, sleep, read and repeat! Spirits sure seemed high, with Fred reporting that…
The team could not make upward progress today, as it snowed a lot in the past 24 hours. They have plenty of food and everyone is doing well, but they are eager to start moving again, after two days of inactivity. recording
The Upper West Rib team called in from the relative warmth of their cook tent, amidst a snow 14,200′ camp. The weather has been pretty rough for the past couple of days and the team is waiting, resting, and eating. Often, one of the harder aspects of an expedition is the waiting. When the weather…
We received a very truncated post from Eli Potter, that did not provide any real information, so we’ll fill in the blanks about the Japan 8 8 Team. They awoke yesterday (June 9)to very stormy conditions and chose to remain at Camp, rather than push up into the maelstrom. We have not yet heard from…
Scott Woolums called in from a very snowy 14,200′ camp. The team had planned to take a rest day today, after making their cache on the ridge yesterday, but the weather that moved in has made today a mandatory day at the 14,200′ camp. Everyone is doing well; however, Volker and Wolfgang have elected to…
Base camp is located at 7,200 on the Southeast fork of the Kahiltna Glacier. It can be a bustling place, with the deep drone of aircraft echoing off the surrounding walls. Here are some images to help readers get a sense of what your friends and family are experiencing on their Denali climb. …
Well, perhaps “party” is not the accurate term, but several Mountain Trip teams spent the night at Base Camp on the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier, awaiting the weather to improve so they can fly out to verdant Talkeetna. One flight made it into Base Camp yesterday, and a handful of our climbers clambered…
Lead guide Rob “Durny” Durnell called in from the team’s new home– the beautiful basin camp at 11,200 feet. It sounded like the team had a tough go of it today, moving up through whiteout conditions, navigating by GPS and the occasional wand that they could see from their carry up through this stretch of…
Kurt Wedberg called in after the team carried loads up the fixed lines and onto the ridge that will eventually lead them to High Camp. It sounds like it was an exciting and tough day, with snow and wind buffeting the team as they worked their way up the fixed lines and onto the ridge…