Trip Reports
Durny called in this morning from Camp 3 at 14,200 ft. They are doing great, moved up yesterday, and will go down this afternoon to the cache at 13,500 ft where they left their gear a couple of days ago. Here’s Durny: [audio:http://mountaintrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/audio-post-2011-07-01-17-20-27.mp3|titles=Audio Post]
The June 28 team spent the day at base camp going over glacier travel skills and rigging their packs and sleds for a Friday night departure. They’ll be getting up around 11 pm Friday night and traveling through the night and early morning to take advantage of the freezing temps when the glacier surface is…
The team carried a load of gear up to 10,000 ft today and left a cache in a hole in the snow. They are still moving during the early morning hours to avoid the heat of the day. They plan to move up to Camp 2 at over 11,000 ft tomorrow. It’s going to be…
The guys moved up to Camp 3 at 14,200 ft today. They are all doing great, and had a good day moving around Windy Corner on a calm and sunny afternoon. They’ll spend the next several days here at Camp 3 acclimating and skiing around before moving higher up the mountain.
They spent a day to acclimate and rest today in preparation for heading towards the summit in the morning. They are doing good, everybody is healthy, and the weather forecast is looking promising for tomorrow. It was a pretty nice day up there today, so they enjoyed some spectacular views of the Alaska Range from…
Meerie called in this evening from the 14,200 ft camp after climbing up to over 16,000 ft on the ridge today. It sounds like they are doing great and had a pretty nice day up high on Denali today. They are planning on taking a rest/acclimatization day tomorrow before pushing on up the mountain again.…
The team flew into base camp right on schedule this afternoon from Talkeetna. This morning we picked them up from the B&B in Anchorage and drove them the 2 1/2 hours up to Talkeetna. They stopped by the National Park Service ranger station, and then it was off to the airport for their 45 minute…
The team didn’t get much sleep last night, as they were out of bed by about 11pm to get ready to head to Camp 1. They want to travel on the lower Kahiltna glacier during the coldest time of the day to take advantage of a good frozen, firm surface. This makes walking the 5…
The team spent a good portion of the day today practicing the skills they’ll need for the steeper climbing they will encounter tomorrow on their climb up to 16,400 ft. They practiced techniques for climbing on a fixed line, and how to use the climbing anchors that the guides will be placing in the snow. …
The crew is doing great, and were able to cache some food and equipment up at 13,500 ft today in preparation for moving up to the 14,200 ft camp tomorrow. It was a beautiful warm day, with some clouds this afternoon. Durny said that he is having a hard time getting any of the other…