May 29 expedition ready to fly from base camp
The sun is shining up at base camp this morning and the planes are coming in right now. They will be back in Talkeetna by noon, and plan to be in Anchorage tonight.
June 12th team watching the snow fall
Karen called in last night from the June 12 expedition after a day of watching the snow fall. They had intended to carry a load of gear/food/etc. up to about 13,500 ft yesterday, cache it, and return to the 11,000ft camp for the night. Instead they watched the snow pile up and watched the wind…
Meet Our June 19th West Buttress Team
Our June 19th West Buttress team hoped to fly onto the glacier yesterday, but was stymied by inclement weather. The team met in Anchorage on the morning of the 19th for a team meeting and a comprehensive gear check. It was a pretty busy day and they made the rounds of the local climbing shops…
May 29 team in base camp for the night
Durny called this evening from base camp and said that conditions and visibility has improved a bit, but it is still not flying weather in there. They are eating dinner, and calling it a night, hoping to fly out tomorrow.
May 29th team in base camp
We just got word from base camp and the team has arrived! Unfortunately, the weather isn’t allowing planes to fly in and pick them up right now. They cached some good food at base camp when they flew in, so they’ll be eating well and waiting for the planes.
Audio Post
[audio:http://mountaintripdenali2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/audio-post-2011-06-20-02-44-57.mp3|titles=Audio Post]June 12 team at 11,000 ft/Camp 2
Caitlin called in this afternoon from Camp 2 after picking up their gear from the cache at 9,800ft and bringing it all up to C2. They got up and enjoyed a big breakfast this morning before heading down for a relatively easy day of hauling some gear up the mountain. They spent about 25 minutes…
May 29th Team at Camp 3
Durny called in from Camp 3 at 14,000 ft this afternoon. They are resting up today in preparation to leave for base camp tonight. It is going to be a long night for the crew, they’ll leave in the middle of the night and hope to be in base camp by morning. They hope to…
May 31st team back in Talkeetna
Michael B called from Talkeetna this afternoon. The team left Camp 3 at 14,000 ft last night and travelled thru the night all the way to base camp. They travelled during the coldest time of the night hoping to catch the lower Kahiltna glacier while the surface was frozen for easy travel conditions. They’ll spend…
Trip wrap up
The team made the descent from high camp to base camp in a super strong one day push. By innovating a new system for skiing roped with the sitskiers in the front of the team, we made great progress and passed through advanced base camp just as a snowstorm moved in. Setting up base camp…