Trip Reports
Zach flew into Base Camp this morning and all of the climbers are now reunited and heading up glacier. The plan was for the team to essentially “hit the ground running,” and move out shortly after the last plane arrived. They will move about 5 miles up glacier today to a spot at about 7,800′,…
May 16th, Camp 2 We had another great day here at Camp 2 watching the weather, perusing the forecasts, and organizing our gear for our summit push. It was another warm and sunny day here in camp, but it looked a bit windy up high today. We’re all excited to get up at 3 am…
Just a test of the Denali News. The WB is NOT closed!
The team moved up and around Windy Corner today, establishing themselves in the broad basin of the 14,200′ camp. This is an important step in a West Buttress expedition, as climbers are at an elevation where they can spend a number of days acclimatizing and preparing themselves for the upper mountain. They had a big…
Hello followers! We got a call on the 16th from the team. First on the audio is Art who gives us a run-down of their day, the dinner, and the plan for tomorrow. They sound like they’re having a blast ! [audio:http://mountaintripdenali2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/audio-post-2011-05-17-03-57-09.mp3|titles=Audio Post]
Jared called a bit ago and reported that the team made a backcarry day today, meaning that they dropped back down their route to grab supplies that they had cached yesterday. They are hoping to move up to a new camp at about 13,000′ tomorrow. The new camp is located on the north aspect of…
Eric Larson called a few minutes ago to report that he and the West Rib team are all back at camp at 7,800′ after “making a carry” of supplies to a spot near the top of the Kahiltna Glacier at about 10,300′. The team flew onto the glacier on Sunday, May 14th and moved their…
Zach Johnson just called in to report that 2/3 of our team made it to the glacier, with the remaining three climbers and Zach waiting to fly later today. Three planed departed for the glacier and Zach’s was a bit slower than the others. By the time they reached the Alaska Range, the clouds that…
Welcome to the dispatch blog for Mountain Trip’s May 15th West Buttress expedition. A team of nine climbers and three of our guides have gathered in Southcentral Alaska and are now in the process of attempting to climb to the summit of North America’s highest mountain. Let’s meet the team! Nicholas Bailey Ted Watrous Lar…
Bill Allen called in a somewhat intelligible post from Camp 2 on their summit push. The plan is to move to Camp 3 today. Hear Bill! [audio:http://mountaintrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/e006d133250378b37faa320a7042d9446d199ea01.mp3]