At high camp!
Jared called in yesterday to report that the group had moved up to their high camp at 16,400′. This means that they can possibly attempt the north summit today if weather is favorable.
Trip Reports
Holding at high camp
Mike reports that the weather continues to mandate staying in camp. They got prepared to leave yesterday morning before the guide team decided that conditions weren’t favorable enough for a summit attempt. Let’s all hope for better weather for this team, they have put in a good amount of days at high camp.
Carried to Kahiltna Pass
The team moved strong from 7,800’camp to Kahiltna Pass to leave a cache of gear. Lead guide Chris Kerrick was impressed with the strength of the team, reporting that they had made the best carry of any of his 18 Denali expeditions. The mood sounds optimistic and the weather is seeming to cooperate, so if…
Backcarry to 13,500′
Zach reports that all is going great and the team is adjusting readily to the higher altitude. They backcarried to 13,500′ yesterday to have all their supplies in camp, and today may be the day the team moves up the fixed lines to carry their gear to the last cache they will make at 16,200′…
Ariel checks in from 14k
[audio:http://mountaintripdenali2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/audio-post-2011-05-26-04-35-22.mp3|titles=Audio Post]Summary of Events of May 11-12
Hello Everyone, Sorry for the delay, but we feel we owe it to all of you to present a summary of the events of the April 24th team’s summit day. To this end we have interviewed the guides and many of the climbers who were on the upper mountain that day. We also have most…
Jules Hanna checks in from 11k
[audio:http://mountaintripdenali2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/audio-post-2011-05-26-04-16-47.mp3|titles=Audio Post] This post is a little garbled; 11 camp is notorious for making communication difficult. It sounds as if everything is going well, they cached around Windy Corner yesterday.
Chris Checks in From High Camp
Chris called in tonight’s post from high camp. They did not go for the summit today, as high winds prevented an attempt. The post is a bit garbled, due to the challenges of calling via satellite phone from such norther latitudes, but most of his message is clear. I had to chuckle at his “Groundhog…
An Update From/ Une Mise à Jour de/ Eine Aktualisierung Davon Joerg
Joerg called in tonight’s update in English, French and German (show off!!) J’ai oubliez mi francais, but I hope he is providing similar reports…! I think “pizza” must be the same in all three languages! Here is/ Voici/ Hier ist Joerg: [audio:http://mountaintripdenali2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/audio-post-2011-05-26-02-02-37.mp3|titles=Audio Post]
Cache at West Rib high camp
Lead guide Eric Larson called in last night to report that the team had made a strong carry up to the bergschrund camp of the West Rib from 14,200′ camp on the West Buttress route. Many groups ascend the West Buttress route to put a cache of gear on the upper Rib and acclimatize to…