Trip Reports
Jacob called in on their final evening at Camp 2 on their 2nd acclimatization round. They’ve been up there for 6 nights, and are excited to be heading down to the warmth and comfort of base camp tomorrow morning early. recording
Lead guide Mikle Burmeister called in today, but the satellites were not in his favor and over three dropped calls in a row we finally managed to give him the weather report. After a few minutes his Spot device checked in but showed the group in a location they were not; Spots are incredible when…
The April 22nd team called in to report on their work for the day, but equally importantly, to wish a Happy Birthday to someone’s younger brother Nick. I’m not sure who made the call, so any help identifying the proud older brother would be appreciated! The team carried supplies up the part of the…
Sean called the Alaska office, reporting the team successfully carrying a load of gear up to 10,000′ in order to prepare for their move to camp 2 at 11,200′ tomorrow, walking right by their cache and turning the corner off the main flow of the Kahiltna glacier. Bad weather up high has kept our advance…
Yoshi checked in last night from camp 3. The range had gotten some weather in the past few days, but at 14,200′ the expedition was looking down on the cloud tops and stayed in the clear. Yesterday morning’s weather was unsettled, with winds in camp all night and 50mph winds forecast for high camp. Dealing…
Hi All, Hello again from Camp 2. Today is Thursday 3rd May and we’ve just finished lunch of chiapatti with sausage and cheese. Took a hike this morning up to the base of the fixed lines and took a look at a new route which was fixed yesterday. Very clear morning and camp 3 was…
Jason called in from Camp 1 at about 7,800′. The team is doing great and moved well up glacier on a beautiful, but cool day. This was a big push, as they traveled about 5 miles with the biggest loads of the trip. In a nutshell, they packed up camp and moved everything they…
Listen to the call from Camp 3 from our April 22nd team! It sounds like everyone is doing well, and getting a taste of Arctic mountaineering as it reached -33 c/ -27f last night. A pretty normal overnight low at 14,000 ft in the Alaska Range this time of year. The recording isn’t great, but…