Rib team aka the Honey Badgers reports
The team was delayed in Talkeetna due to weather, but they are now on the glacier and anxious to get things going. They have made a carry up to Camp 1 and it sounds like they are having a great time! recording
Trip Reports
June 15 Team At Camp 3
Today was a relatively relaxing day for the crew. They slept in a bit, had a big breakfast, and then went back down the trail a bit to pick up the cache they left at 13,500ft earlier in the trip. It was a bit snowy up there, but not too much to stop them from…
Warfighter Sports Team Hoping For A Break In The Weather
The team is hanging in there, but the weather isn’t cooperating. They are sitting out this extended storm at the 14,200 ft camp with several other teams waiting to move up the mountain. They are doing great, but the weather ultimately dictates what goes on up there. Listen to the evening call from Thad. recording
June 26th Team Flying To Base Camp
The team is off to a good start and flew into base camp on schedule today. Several teams have been waiting in Talkeetna for 2-3 days for the weather to clear and allow flights to base camp, so our team got lucky. It was a big day, they met early this morning in Anchorage and…
June 17 Team to Camp 3
The team moved on up to Camp 3 today at 14,200ft. It was a big day with a bit of wind and light snow, but they made it in to camp and are happy to be there. They are in good company as we now have 4 Mountain Trip teams at this camp waiting to…
June 24 Team Flew to Base Camp!
The team flew to base camp this afternoon. They had just about done everything they could in Talkeetna to prepare for the mountain, and to entertain themselves, so it was nice for the weather to cooperate and let them get to the glacier. They sent some pics as they were loading up the plane and…
Break in the weather
They got enough of a break in the weather today to get a bit of climbing done! The job for the day was to carry a load of food and fuel up and cache it before moving to the next camp. They’ve had a couple of stormy days, but it sounds like it’s a great…
Team Duncan still waiting at Camp 3
The weather improved a little bit today and they are hoping this trend continues into tomorrow so they can start climbing again. It’s been snowy and windy and several teams are waiting there at 14,000 ft waiting to move up when conditions improve.
June 24 Team Glacier Dryland Training in Talkeetna
The weather is still not allowing flights into base camp today, but the team made some good use of their time to do what they called “Glacier Dryland Training”. There is plenty of rigging and skill practice to keep them busy for a day, but they are anxious to get going and put it all…
June 15 team moved up to Camp 3
After some extra days at the 11,000 camp and a bit of snow, the team was able to move up to Camp 3 today in the 14,000 ft basin. They were happy to get climbing again. Here’s Kim calling from 14,200 ft! recording