June 21, 2007
The break in the weather that we wrote about last week lasted just long enough for our team to successfully summit Denali, and to beat their hasty retreat safely down and out. Then conditions returned to their normal 50mph wind-driven snows. But our summit day was perfect. Calm and warm by Denali’s standards,we still had to wear 3 layers of long underwear and fleece, goretex, and our down jackets...
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June 10, 2007
Our latest dispatch comes from a place that looks like the Edge of the World. The team has made camp at 14,000ft, and from here report that there is a sheer drop 6,000ft down to the Kahiltna Glacier. This is a regular camp on Denali’s standard West Buttress Route, and our team find themselves sharing it with some 100 other climbers.
First the bad news: the weather has been reported as the worst...
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June 6, 2007
The team has been moving themselves - and their gear - up from the airstrip and base camp at 7,000ft, and is now camping at around 11,000ft. The weather has been “variable” at best, with unusual downpours of rain on the glacier, mixed with the more normal snow showers. Their plan is to make it to camp at 14,000ft tomorrow, then rest for up to 3 days, waiting for a break in the weather. If that...
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June 2, 2007
Adrian, Joe and Aaron have made it to AK. But it is not quite time for climbing yet. The next 2 to 3 days will be spent shopping for food and last minute gear in Anchorage, then traveling to the town of Talkeetna where we will meet with the park service. After that we will be repacking our gear once again, and waiting for our turn to fly onto the glacier by ski plane. The 45 minute flight is...
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