Trip Reports
Well the team made really good time, perhaps motivated by thoughts of food that was not prepared over a camp stove and beverages not made from melted snow. They arrived at Base Camp earlier today and caught a flight out to Talkeetna with our friends at Talkeetna Air Taxi. The team will spend the night…
The weather improved a bit this afternoon and the team was able to start their descent from high camp after a delay. They are at Camp 3 (14,200 ft) for the evening and intend to continue their descent early in the morning and hope to be in base camp in just another day or so.
The June 17th team is at high camp again tonight after waiting out a stormy day on the mountain. It was a cold and windy day today, but they are hopeful that tomorrow will be better and they’ll get their summit chance soon. Here’s Nancy with the call from high camp tonight. recording
The June 26th team, along with most everyone else on the mountain, stayed in camp today while the wind blew and the snow fell. The weather improved slightly as the day went on, and the forecast is for a better day tomorrow. They relaxed a bit today, and are excited to climb again when the…
The team is at Camp 2 for another day in stormy weather, but the wind and snow began to let up this evening on the mountain. Here’s Tessa with the evening call and Happy 4th of July! recording Francisco was ill and had to leave the trip today, but he’s already back down in Anchorage…
The team had hoped to descend down the ridge to 14,200′, but a windy, snowy storm settled on high camp before they could start to head down the mountain. They decided that there is no reason to push things, so they settled back into their tents and are waiting for the weather to improve. They…
The Rib team climbed up through the couloir yesterday and put a camp in at 13,200 ft on the West Rib itself. Everybody is doing great, and today they’ll go back down to pick up the cache they left a bit lower a few days ago. Here’s the call from the W. Rib! recording
Sylvia called in a very nice post this evening from the camp at 17,200′ (5244m). It snowed today, and the team rested from their big day making a push up the ridge to their high camp. It is common to plan on spending a day resting and acclimatizing before considering making a bid for the…
The June 17th team moved up to high camp yesterday. It was a big day for the crew as they gained about 3,000 ft and negotiated the steepest sections of the route. Shlomo Waser made the a difficult decision to turn around, and he and guides Ted and Ian are heading back down the mountain.…
Kim called in to report that the team arrived back at high camp around midnight last night after a successful summit bid. Everyone ate and slept, and now they are packing up and heading down to 14,000 ft camp. Kim reports everyone is happy, healthy, and doing well! Here’s Kim: recording