Trip Reports
I spoke with Laura Duncan a bit ago, and she related the team’s rapid descent from high camp, in order to catch one of the first flights off the glacier this morning. The team asked to just keep going, rather than break the descent up into a couple of days, as we generally do these…
Jean Francois Jenck called in a post from the expansive basin camp at 14,200′. The team got an early start to beat the heat and pushed around Windy Corner at about 10 am local time, arriving at the 14,200′ camp several hours later. Yes, it can be quite warm on a glacier at 14,000′ above…
Our May 30 team of Greg, Joe and Josh reached the summit earlier today and are almost back in camp on a beautiful, clear afternoon on Denali. Our June 2nd Team also reached the top and is traveling back to high camp more or less with the other team. Congratulations to all the climbers!! Today…
Jonathan Sugarman called in from the beautiful basin camp at 11,200′. He made two attempts to call, but the steep walls of the basin to the south make it very difficult to get a satellite signal from their location. Our teams carry radios that enable them to communicate with other Mountain Trip teams on the…
John Oldring called in a really nice post from the top of Denali! The team moved up well and stood on top of North America on a beautiful day. John expresses a lot of love and gratitude in his call, and, on behalf of all of us at Mountain Trip, we would also like to…
We just got a call from our guide Ian Nicholson, from our June 2nd team. His group is packing up to head to the summit as I type. Greg, Joe and Josh from our second May 30th team left high camp about five minutes ago and are walking towards the base of the long, rising…
As we have tried to stress in our previous posts, satellite calls from Denali are not a sure thing, and this season it seems as if satellite connections are more temperamental than ever, so teams cannot always call in an audio post. We do have updates on all of our teams, and want to keep…
The team awoke early today, looked out of their tents and saw that the weather looked favorable. They packed up and pushed up to the summit of Denali!! The climb took them about 7 hours before they reached the top. The weather was great and they are enjoying clear, huge views of the Alaska Range…
The team climbed up to about 16,400ft yesterday and put a small cache of food and gear in the snow in preparation for moving to high camp soon. Today was a day to rest and acclimate before the push to high camp and hopefully the summit soon after. It’s been busy up there as many…
The winds stopped blowing and the climbers who’ve been pent up at Camp 3 burst onto the upper mountain today. They started up the hill early this morning heading for high camp, and Priya turned around at some point with one of her guides and is back at Camp 3 tonight. Greg is at high…