Trip Reports
The West Rib team is at their high camp and taking a rest/acclimatization day before heading to the summit. They are enjoying beautiful views, checking the forecasts, and watching the weather hoping to get a shot at the summit in the next couple of days. Here’s Fischer with the update from Balcony Camp:
Kristin called to check in from high camp this evening. Everyone is back from a great summit day and resting in their tents for the night. They’ll begin the descent to basecamp tomorrow. Here’s Kristin back from the summit:
The June 22nd team checked in this evening from Camp 2 at 11,000ft. They’ve been having some trouble getting a call out on their satellite phone, but they’re back in business and will continue to call in dipsatches each day if possible. Jesse made the call this evening and reported that everyone is doing great…
The June 20 Team moved on up to the 14,200 ft camp today and are enjoying the views and settling into their home for the next few days. Here’s Steve with the evening dispatch from 14,200ft:
The West Rib team climbed up to high camp today through some fun ice and mixed terrain. They are settled in at high camp now at about 16,500 ft and are enjoying dinner and birthday celebrations for guide Matt Park! They’re watching the weather closely now and will go for the summit from here in…
Great job Aparna! Aparna Kumar called in from the summit of Denali, as she completed her goal to climb each of the famed Seven Summits! Lead Guide Sebastian “Seba” Grau Kunhardt leads off the phone call from 20,310′ above North America. Tenacity won the day today, as Aparna has been thwarted from previous attempts to…
Congratulations to the members of the June 17th West Buttress team! They reached the summit of North America! This morning they departed from High Camp at about 8:45 am, hiking up a steep, rising traverse, known as The Autobahn (for a party of Germans who slipped…) to reach Denali Pass, the low point between Denali’s…
The team moved up to camp at 13,600 ft this afternoon, and settled in for the afternoon. It was a hot day and they didn’t want to push up the final hour or so to the 14,200ft basin in the heat of the day. They’ll spend a night and make the final push tomorrow morning.…
The June 17 team moved to high camp on a beautiful day! They did great, moving quickly and are settled in this afternoon, resting and preparing to give it a shot at a summit tomorrow. Here’s Kristin with the evening dispatch from High Camp at 17,200 ft:
Kaylee called in from Ema’s team as they were relaxing back at high camp after a perfect summit day. They are all doing great, feeling lucky to have had perfect weather, and gotten to the top of Denali today!! Congrat’s to all, and good work up there. Here’s Kaylee with the call from back at…