Friday, May 30, 2008
11,000 feet
The crew has been doing great and they are now at the 11,000 foot camp. They are enjoying some pretty nice weather, and moving up right on schedule. They will spend 3 nights at 11,000 feet acclimating and carrying a load around Windy Corner to 13,500.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Camp 1 7,800ft
The team has been moving right along, and doing great! They have been right on schedule, and spent last night at Camp 1 at 7,800 feet about 5 miles up the glacier from basecamp. Today they will carry loads of food and fuel up the glacier to about 10,000 feet and cache it in the snow to be picked up later. They will drop back down to camp 1 to spend another night here before moving up to camp 2 tomorrow.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Welcome to Mountain Trip's May 25th West Buttress Expedition
On May 25, 2008 a team of climbers will meet in Anchorage, Alaska in order to attempt to climb to the top of North America.
The summit of Denali (Mount McKinley) is the one of the famed Seven Summits and soars 20.320 feet above sea level. This team will spend up to three weeks working their way up the mountain from a base camp located at 7,200'. Due to it's proximity to the Arctic Circle, Denali is notorious for its ferocious weather and extreme cold. For many climbers, it is the challenge of a lifetime.
The team will include:
Ntlaletseng Ramohlola from South Africa
Huzefa Mehta from the US
Rochelle Bright from the US
Kent Stevens from the US
Mountain Trip guides for the expedition will be 2007 Denali Pro Award recipient Rob Durnell from Girdwood, Alaska, and Mike Burmeister from Anchorage, Alaska.
We will post updates as they are available, however due to weather and the big mountains surrounding the team for much of the climb, communications with the team may not occur on a daily basis. Please keep in mind the axiom of "no news is good news."
We can not guarantee that any comments posted to this blog will reach the climbers on the mountain. If you do wish to pass along any news, please call or email the Mountain Trip Office at info@mountaintrip.com or +1-970-369-1153.
The summit of Denali (Mount McKinley) is the one of the famed Seven Summits and soars 20.320 feet above sea level. This team will spend up to three weeks working their way up the mountain from a base camp located at 7,200'. Due to it's proximity to the Arctic Circle, Denali is notorious for its ferocious weather and extreme cold. For many climbers, it is the challenge of a lifetime.
The team will include:
Ntlaletseng Ramohlola from South Africa
Huzefa Mehta from the US
Rochelle Bright from the US
Kent Stevens from the US
Mountain Trip guides for the expedition will be 2007 Denali Pro Award recipient Rob Durnell from Girdwood, Alaska, and Mike Burmeister from Anchorage, Alaska.
We will post updates as they are available, however due to weather and the big mountains surrounding the team for much of the climb, communications with the team may not occur on a daily basis. Please keep in mind the axiom of "no news is good news."
We can not guarantee that any comments posted to this blog will reach the climbers on the mountain. If you do wish to pass along any news, please call or email the Mountain Trip Office at info@mountaintrip.com or +1-970-369-1153.
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