Trip Reports
The weather hasn’t been kind to the team for the last several days. It was yet another snowy, windy, cloudy day up high on Denali. They are all doing good still, but certainly growing a bit weary of the weather hold. It has been a tough stretch of weather, but we hope it will change…
Here’s Mike with another call from the June 28th team. It’s nice to hear some different voices sometimes. It sounds like they are having a good time in spite of their weather difficulties. [audio:http://mountaintrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/audio-post-2011-07-15-03-09-06.mp3|titles=Audio Post]
They are trying to keep themselves busy up at Camp 3 as they wait for the weather to change so they can move up to high camp. It was another windy, cloudy, and snowy day up there. They spent some of the afternoon today in “crevasse rescue school”. Joe went over several different techniques for…
It was another windy day on the upper reaches of Denali today, so the crew is sitting tight at 14,200 ft. They woke up this morning ready to climb to high camp, but the wind and snow kept them in camp today. They are all doing great, but they are anxious to get climbing again. …
They woke up to wind and snow again this morning, and weren’t able to try for the top today. The wind settled down a bit this afternoon around the 17,000 ft level where they are camped, but it continued to blow above them. Tomorrow they’ll do it all again and hope for a better day.
A stormy day up on Denali kept the team from moving today, but the weather broke this evening and they are enjoying a beautiful night. It snowed another few inches today, and they had a bit of wind, but nothing too serious. They are excited to see the skies clear up tonight, and are hoping…
It was a bit snowy and windy today on Denali, but this evening the weather broke and they are enjoying beautiful views from high camp. They are ready to go for the summit, and if the weather continues to cooperate, they’ll leave tomorrow morning. Everyone is doing great, and getting excited to give it a…
It was a snowy and windy day for most of the day up on Denali, so not a bad day to have a rest day scheduled. They had about 6″ of snow over the day, and a bit of wind at times, but overall not to bad. They are eating really well, and trying to…
The crew spent a day watching the snow fall and wind blow today up at 17,200 ft on Denali. They got out of their tents to walk about a bit, and fortify the snow block walls that they have protecting their tents, but it was mostly a tent day. They are doing great, but bad…
Our friends at Talkeetna Air Taxi flew into base camp and picked up our crew just a short time ago. They are all back in Talkeetna now and heading over to the Road House for one of their legendary breakfasts!