June 3 trip: still descending
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Trip Reports
From the comfortable confines of the Mountain Trip house in Anchorage I would like to, once again, thank Arthur, Diarmuid, David, George, Kari, Peter and Roman for climbing with us on Denali. We were all tested by the mountain and I believe that we came away with a respectful experience in the Alaska Range. Our…
Peter Inglis, lead guide, called in last night to report the team having made a descent from high camp to camp 3. They spent the night last night and are planning on leaving for basecamp tonight, taking advantage of cooler temperatures at night to travel the lower glacier. If the weather is good enough to…
The whole team is on the summit this evening and it’s a perfect day. There is just a breath of wind, and blue skies and the entire team is on top of Denali. Congratulations to all the climbers. Listen to Peter call in from the top of North America! recording
The team carried a load of equipment up to 10,000 ft today and cached it in preparation for moving up tomorrow. Sounds like they are doing great and having a good time. Listen to the call, we hear from almost everyone. recording
Jesse called in with the evening update from Denali. They spent another day at the 11,000 ft camp today to let the new snow settle a bit before moving up the hill. They got a chance to practice again with their crampons and plan to head on up tomorrow. The weather has finally broken and…