Some of the Crew on the Kahiltna Glacier

I caught the team as they were heading to the airstrip and snapped a few pictures of some of them. I just returned from Alaska, so pardon the delay in posting these.

Clockwise from upper left: Mr. Flamboyant Dave Staeheli, Brian Matthews with the NW Ridge of Mt. Francis in the background, a bunch of the crew with West Kahiltna Peak in the background, and Nick Beale taking a well-deserved break

In Talkeetna!

They all flew off the mountain last night around 8pm!  They stayed in Talkeetna last night, and will be making their way back to Anchorage today after a leisurely breakfast at the Talkeetna RoadHouse.  Welcome home!

Base Camp!

The team passed another Mt Trip group just a little while ago, and they were almost down to basecamp.  I expect that they are there now, and waiting for flights off the glacier hopefully this evening.   It's a beautiful day in our part of Alaska, and it doesn't look like the clouds are going to get in the way of the planes today.  

They could be in Talkeetna any time.

Summit on Sunday!

Zach Johnson made the phone call this morning from high camp, and they went to the summit yesterday.  I didn't get all of the details, but it sounds like it was a pretty difficult summit day and everyone was pretty tired this morning.   They'll get off to a slow start today, and descend down to 14,000 camp, continuing to base camp tomorrow!

They should be in the relative comfort and civilization of Talkeetna in just a couple of days...

That is 14 Mt Trip expeditions in a row to the top!

Settled in at 17,000 feet

Zach Johnson got Sat Phone duties today, and just called from high camp.   They moved up yesterday, and everyone was tired, but doing good.  They are taking a rest day today, and hope to get a chance to summit as soon as tomorrow.  The weather forecast looks very promising, it's wrong as often as not, but it's hopefull!

Moving to High Camp

I just talked to lead guide Dave Staeheli via Sat Phone and they were on the way to High Camp at 17,000 feet.  It looks to be a great day for them.  I'll update if they call again tonight, but we may not hear from them until their rest day tomorrow.

Windy Day

The crew sat at 14k today watching the winds blow on the ridge 2,000 ft above them.  They are all doing great, and enjoying reading, and practicing wishing the weather away.