Klauspeter called in the report tonight for the May 26 Team. It sounds like the team had a relaxing day at 14 Camp and they are enjoying the incredible views of Hunter and Foraker from their perch in the Genet Basin. Rest days are important for the team to re-group, relax, eat, and hydrate before…
DetailsLead guide Brian Kramp reports that the team carried a load of equipment and supplies up to a cache at 13700′. It sounds like the day went well and Brian was pleased with the group’s effort. The team was rewarded with a pizza dinner when they returned to camp, after caching! The plan is to…
DetailsThe May 22nd Team enjoyed a rest day at High Camp. Team members rested, relaxed, and hydrated after the move up to 17,200′. It sounds like it was a bit windy and the team spent some time fortifying camp by building snow walls around their tents. The plan is to attempt to summit tomorrow. Fingers…
DetailsTony Hogan called in from 7,200′ on the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier! The team flew into the Alaska Range in the afternoon, after attending a mandatory orientation presented to every Denali climber by our national Park Service. They loaded up fixed wing aircraft and flew about a half hour into the rigged mountains…
DetailsGidi Gottleib called in from the site of our June 2nd team’s Camp 2 on their way up the West Buttress of Denali. Today was a fairly hard day, with a couple of big hills for the climbers to negotiate. Despite the late night the day before, when the guides helped rescue a solo climber…
DetailsHi everyone, Aaron here with the final dispatch from the May 11 expedition. Id like to thank Wilco, Peter, Fred, Rob, Robert, and Melle for coming out and climbing with us. We had a great trip filled with tough weather and a long stay at 14 camp. The team flew in on time and made…
DetailsClimber Ross Jobson called in for the Mountain Trip May 29 Denali West Buttress team, who have reached camp at 14,200′ on the route. They will spend at least one full day and night at 14-Camp to acclimate to the thinner air and high elevation before tackling the upper mountain. Here’s a recent photo of…
DetailsGreat climbing, great weather, great spirits for the May 22 Denali West Buttress Team! Climber Tim Spencer called in to update those following along at home that the team has reached High Camp at 17,200′, their final stop before the summit at 20,320′. Although their legs are tired from the ascent, they seem eager to…
DetailsMountain Trip guide Brian Kramp called in for Shan’s May 28 Denali West Buttress Trip who are camped out at 11,200′. They spent yesterday “back carrying,” or hiking back down to retrieve their cache, and they now have all of their gear with them back up at 11,200′. Next, today (6/6) they plan to carry…
DetailsWe’ll continue our regularly-scheduled trip report for the June 2 team below, but’s definitely worth noting here that the team’s Mountain Trip guides (Bill Allen, Karl Welter and Erin Laine) were extensively involved in an intense crevasse rescue effort, to which they were the first on-scene. Here’s the official press release from the National Park…
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