Trip Reports
Today was essentially an active rest day for our May 7th West Buttress expedition. Yesterday, they moved camp from 7,800′ to 11,000′. The day before, they had cached supplies at about 9,800′. The active part of today was a quick hike down to their cache site, where they dug it out of the snow and…
Eric Hunter jumped on the call from our May 10th team’s Camp 1 at 7,800′ on the Kahiltna Glacier. The team is making the most of beautiful weather and a good trail. This morning, they loaded up their backpacks and sleds with roughly half their total load of supplies and carried it all up to…
Carly calls in from Camp 2 at 11,200 feet. The team had beautiful weather in the range and successful moved from Camp 1 up to Camp 2. Upon arrival they all enjoyed a meal of fresh caught Alaska salmon mac n cheese! They are now positioned and ready to trade in their snowshoes for crampons…
Patrick O’Neill called in from 7,800′ on the Kahiltna Glacier, site of our May 10 West Buttress expedition’s Camp 1. The team packed up all their food, fuel and supplies for the expedition and departed the 7,200′ Base Camp in the early hours of morning to avoid the heat of the sun. It was a…
The team is staying active in the thick air around Dingboche, hiking off the beaten path up towards Ama Dablam. Feels good to be away from Everest for a few days and hike off the beaten path where we don’t see another person. We are making plans now to head back to BC on the…
The Mountain Trip May 10 West Buttress Team arrived in Kahiltna Basecamp yesterday afternoon after spending a day and a half in Talkeetna on standby due to weather. The team settled into camp last night with hot drinks and sights set on moving to Camp 1 (7,800′) today. The move to Camp 1 is a…
Corey calls in from Camp 1 at 7800 feet on the Kahiltna Glacier. The team successfully carried and cached gear and food to 9800 feet to continue their push up the mountain. That dug-in pile of equipment in the glacier is then marked by GPS and tall sticks of bamboo to be retrieved the day…
Here’s an update on the team from lead guide Matt Park. Unfortunately they were not able to fly when scheduled due to weather. Weather in the Alaska range this time of year is extremely unpredictable. Melting snows change wind patterns and warming temps over the ocean inject more moisture inland. So we are on a…
Everest Dispatch Mountain Trip May 11, 2021 The team is down in Dingboche tonight resting at the relatively low altitude of only about 14,500 ft. It’s a pretty nice break for the body to get down to these altitudes and climbers generally sleep, eat, and recover really well after being up high. Our team is…
The May 7 Team arrived at Camp 1 (7,800′) yesterday afternoon, after a “leisurely” 5 mile walk across the Kahiltna Glacier. It has been snowing for the past 24 hours since the team arrived in basecamp, with temperatures in the 20’s. Luckily, the lower glacier of Denali can still be navigated even with some weather,…