Back down to Talkeetna

They are all off the mountain!  They flew from basecamp today to the relative civilization of Talkeetna.  They were met by the Mountain Trip van in Talkeetna and are back in Anchorage this evening.

Summit!

The team reached the summit yesterday!  They got the nice weather that they needed and were able to get to the top.  It's a big day and a lot of work, so congratulations to everyone.

The descended today to the 14,000 ft camp where they shared dinner with the other Mountain Trip groups who are still on their way up.  Tomorrow they will head down to basecamp, and should be in Talkeetna soon after.  

Waiting out the storm...

The team is still at high camp, but the weather isn't cooperating.   The wind has picked up for the last couple of days preventing them from any shot at the summit.  They had great weather luck up until now, so hopefully that will continue, and they'll get a summit day soon.  For now they have plenty of supplies, so they'll be reading their books and getting to know their tent mates very well.  

Wish them luck with the weather.

Everyones at High Camp!

Heidi called in from high camp at 17,000 ft tonight and everyone is doing great.   They all made it up, and were settling in for dinner when they called.   It was another beautiful day on Denali, but it looks like they may get a bit of weather coming up.  

Heidi and Carrie both wanted me to pass on birthday wishes for their fathers, and there were a bunch of yells in the background to wish a happy mothers day to all the moms.  

They will plan on taking a rest day tomorrow, and then hope to get a good day to go to the summit!

Moving up to 17??

The team has been at the 14,000 camp acclimating, and carrying loads for several days now.  They are planning to move up to high camp at 17,000 feet today, so we hope to get a call tommorow saying that they are all moved in.  From there they will most likely take a well deserved rest day before going for the summit.  

We'll update as soon as we get the call from high camp.

All moved in at Camp 3 14,000ft

Heidi and company called this morning from 14,000 ft.    They moved up yesterday and set up their camp where they will be for at least 3-4 nights before continuing up.   Everyone is doing great and they made good time on their move.  This morning they were able to sleep in until the sun hit their tents and had a big relaxing breakfast before getting to work.  Their job today was to go back downhill about 700 vertical feet to pick up a cache of food and fuel and bring it up to their new camp.  

At 11,000 ft/Camp 2

The team has carried a load up to 13,500 feet, around windy corner, and they are waiting for a bit of a weather break to move up to Camp 3. They were ready to move yesterday, but some wind and weather encouraged them to stay put. We hope to hear from Heidi and the team today that they were able to move on up to the 14,000 ft camp.

Zach and Lianne on the Sourdough expedition made it to the summit yesterday, and were the first people to stand on top of Denali this year!!