Coming Home

They are on the way down. They did not get a break in the weather to go to the summit, and the wind continues to blow on the big mountain. I'm sure they are all disappointed to have to come down without reaching the summit, but they gave it a good shot and should feel good about the effort they put in. They could be in basecamp as soon as this afternoon, and will fly out to Talkeetna as soon as the weather cooperates. This is the unfortunate reality of climbing a big mountain like Denali, success is never a given. You can put in your best efforts, and still the weather conditions can keep you off of the summit.

They are Still at 17,000

The team has been waiting for the weather to give them a shot at the summit. They are tucked in at High Camp watching the wind and snow over the last few days. They hope to get a shot at the summit tommorow, it has cleared this evening, and the forecast is decent, so keep your fingers crossed. Send all of your good weather vibes to Denali for tommorow. We'll let you know if we hear anything new.

Waiting...

They are at high camp and are waiting to go for the summit. They still haven't called so they must have left the phone down at 14,000, or it isn't working. Not a big suprise to have some difficulty communicating, but they are still in daily contact with the other groups on the mountain via radio. We'll let you know as soon as we have some fun details, but I expect that they will be summiting any day now.

At 14,000 feet

They should be enjoying another day of fairly nice weather today on Denali. We hope to get a phone call tonight from the team with updates on when they will be moving to high camp. It should be any day now. Stay tuned...

Moving To 14,000ft camp

The weather was beautiful on Denali today, after snow and winds for a couple of days, and the teams on the mountain took advantage of the weather and moved on up. The June 16th expedition led by Dave Staeheli was able to move up to the 14,000 foot camp today, where they will spend at least 4 nights acclimating and preparing for the next big move to high camp at 17,200 ft. Lets hope for a week of beautiful weather.

Everythings Going Great!

The team has made it to the 11,000 foot camp, and is ready to move to 14,000ft tommorow. Everybody is doing great, the weather is marginal, but OK. The forecast is for the weather to improve thru the weekend which will be just in time for them to move up to camp 3. We will hear from them directly when they get to the next camp where they will be able to check in with us by cell phone.

They Flew to Basecamp

After a busy couple of days of travel, and last minute preparations the June 16th expedition is underway. They met in Anchorage on Friday, and this morning drove to Talkeetna where they hoped on planes and flew 50 miles into basecamp on the Kahiltna glacier. They will begin the hard work early tommorow morning. Stay Tuned...