Cybercasts

May 12th Expedition waits out stormy weather

Checking in from 11 camp where we have been holed up in stormy weather the last few days.  We are waiting for an opportunity to cache towards 14 camp…. Hoping for improving weather…

Dan Corn

may 12th expedition waits out stormy weather

may 12th expedition waits out stormy weather

May 14th Team Tucks in at 11,000 ft

May 12th Team moves gear to 11,000 ft

We did our back carry today.  All our gear is with us at 11k.  Now just waiting for better weather to work our way higher.

Dan Corn

May 18th Team meets in Talkeetna!

Greetings Everyone,

This is Stephen and the rest of the crew from the May 18 Denali expedition checking in from drizzly Talkeetna. Our team has all completed the gear check and weighed all of our food and equipment. We had planned to fly in today but the weather kept us in town. We’re just eating well, catching up on sleep and crossing our fingers we fly into Basecamp tomorrow. We’ll keep you posted and try to nail down a team name as soon as we can!

Stephen

May 14th Expedition Pushes to Camp 2

Seth and Devon were exceptional, and I would climb with them again.

Photo: Brad Washburn
Gear Check in the Alpine Ascents Hangar
Loading the plane at the Talkeetna airport
View from the plane on the way to Base Camp
Photo: Steve Tambosso
Photo: Steve Tambosso
Photo: Steve Tambosso
Photo: Steve Tambosso
Photo: Steve Tambosso
Photo: Steve Tambosso
Photo: Steve Tambosso
Photo: Steve Tambosso
View of fixed lines from 17K
Photo: Steve Tambosso
Photo: Victor McNeil
Photo: Steve Tambosso
Photo: Steve Tambosso
Above Washburn's Thumb
Midnight on the summit ridge.
The Fireweed Inn

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