Trip Reports
Eli Potter was able to send a photo from the lower part of the West Rib today, via his iPhone! We have not heard of cellular data service available on the mountain until now, so this is exciting news! The team is camped at 16,400′, resting up for a summit bid when the weather improves. …
Perhaps the hardest working team on the mountain right now, our West Rib team has been working non-stop for two weeks at this point. They have seen no other signs of climbers on the lower half of the West Rib, and have climbed a vertical mile above the base of the route. They’ve only got…
Lead guide Adam Smith called in from the basin camp at 14,200′. The team successfully reached the top of Denali yesterday and descended to 14,200′ in advance of changing weather. They are waiting at this elevation for a heavy snow storm to abate, before continuing their descent back to base camp, a full 7,000′ below…
Laura Duncan called in from 7,800′ today. The team made a push up to 10,200′ to put in a cache of supplies, in preparation for moving up to their next camp tomorrow, or as soon as the weather allows. Everyone is doing well, and is in good spirits, but it started snowing on the Kahiltna…
Lloyd checks in from 11k camp and says the hot weather is to blame on Ricardo! The heat must be nice but like Lloyd says careful what you ask for! listen to the full conversation below recording
The satellite phone call was pretty garbled tonight, but the W. Rib team checked in and they are moving on up the route. They hope to be in high camp at 16,400 ft tomorrow and they are doing well. recording
Ricardo called for the May 26th team this evening with an update from the 11,000 ft camp. They have been enjoying great weather and carrying their “Mountain of Gear” up Denali. They are doing great and seem to be enjoying themselves up there. Listen to Ricardo from 11,000 ft: recording
The team reached the summit today at around 5pm Alaska time. Adam called in and said they were all doing great and it was a beautiful day up there on top of North America. They began their descent back to high camp after snapping some pictures, and will be back to the comfort of their…
Roxana called in a multilingual dispatch from Camp 1 on Denali this evening. They are doing great and enjoying the journey so far. It’s been beautiful up there with blue skies and sunshine for the start of their expedition. Roxana llama desde el glaciar, en espanol y ingles! Click the link below to listen to…
Our guide Ian Havlik called in from the thin, crisp air of high camp at 17,200′. The team made a strong showing on their move up from the big basin camp at 14,200′. They climbed up the moderate slopes leading to the steep Headwall, before negotiating their way along the exposed and engaging ridge that…