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| grammys11 | Good Times  Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2009 | |
| Great weather and great company. See you at the top! | |
| Posted Nov 11, 2009 4:17 pm | ||
| bluescrummachine | West Buttress Date Climbed: May 25, 2009 | |
| Fantastic trip :-) Perfect conditions but cold. From basecamp to summit in 10 days. Everyone of our small team reached the summit. | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2009 3:24 pm | ||
| bdynkin | WB, then lower W.Rib to 16k Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2005 | |
| Took us (a party of 6 friends, no guides) 10 days to summit WB in questionable but not horrible weather. Clouds, wind and snow on summit day - no views. Got down to 7200, rested and went up West Rib as a superlight (except gear) party of 4. Me and another guy bailed via W. Rib cut-off. The other two continued and summited 2nd time! | ||
| Posted Oct 8, 2009 12:31 pm | ||
| mtldrinst | Military Team in 98 | |
| I was the team leader for the Marines in a Joint Climb that year. We didn't summit. Spent 5 days at 17 camp waiting for Brits to get rescued. Made one summit bid but weather turned us around. Tele ski'd all the way down from the 14 camp to our cache at 8K to link up with the Chinooks. | |
| Posted Sep 30, 2009 10:13 am | ||
| splattski | No summit Date Climbed: May 18, 2009 | |
| We had a fantastic trip on the West Buttress, but no summit. Trip report | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2009 8:36 am | ||
| LC | Great summit day, horrid descent Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2009 | |
| We had bad weather initially until our 3rd day. Then from camp 1 to high camp, nothing but relatively great weather. Couple of cold windy days in high camp, but on summit day, the winds died down. Denali Pass all the way to the summit was extremely hot. Climbed mostly with base layer top and soft shell pants. Our descent was horrendous though as the snow had the consistency of oatmeal and the later half of the day. Lots of open crevasses. | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2009 8:58 pm | ||
| Paul Burkholder | Wac(ko) Success Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2009 | |
| All 3 members of Team Wac(ko) reached the summit via the West Buttress on Friday the 19th. We hit the weather windows just right, taking only 1 unplanned rest/weather day. Much thanks to my team members Al and Dan (who just happens to be my son)! | |
| Posted Jun 28, 2009 1:56 pm | ||
| emilie | Upper West Rib Date Climbed: Jun 12, 2009 | |
| First time on Denali. Got up to 16,300 on the Upper West Rib and put in an awesome perch at the bergschrund. Were supposed to take a rest day and then go for the summit, but I never got any higher. Developed a torn tendon or muscle under my ribs caused pain when breathing deeply. We waited it out 4 days but we descended when we realized it just wasn't going to get better. Major bummer is an understatement. I'll be back... | |
| Posted Jun 27, 2009 12:53 pm | ||
| MichaelJ | Rib Cut-off from 14k Date Climbed: Jun 11, 2009 | |
| Climbed two long ice routes (NF of West Kahiltna Peak and the West Butt Prow) with Brent before going up the Rib Cut-off from 14k to the summit on day nine as a training climb (19 hours RT). Unfortunately, the next day we assisted the NPS rangers with the body recovery of two fallen climbers. Deteriorating conditions (and perhaps lack of heart) meant that we never got a chance to do what we came to do. Maybe some other time. | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2009 3:49 am | ||
| travelin_light | West Buttress Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2009 | |
| Other plans fell apart so I changed my objective around to the West Buttress. I ended up taking 12 days total KIA to KIA. Honestly, I felt pretty darn fortunate to make the summit when it was all said and done. | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2009 5:18 pm | ||
| Cheeseburglar | only team member to puke? Date Climbed: May 25, 2009 | |
| Was I the only member of Kiefer and Haliku's group who threw up on the mountain? (Talkeetna doesn't count) I still can't believe how fast Rush got me the throw up bag. He definately saved the tent. Great day on the summit, no wind, pretty warm! | |
| Posted Jun 8, 2009 7:13 pm | ||
| astrobassman | West Buttress Date Climbed: May 25, 2009 | |
| Part of the excellent group from Colorado with Kiefer, Haliku, etc. Got sick at 14k camp, and tried to go higher, but realized it wasn't meant to be. After that my mind/body weren't in it, and I went down with some Mexicans and got drunk at base camp. Still a great trip with great partners...will have to come back. | |
| Posted Jun 5, 2009 5:31 pm | ||
| Kiefer Thomas | West Butress Date Climbed: May 25, 2009 | |
| Part of the expedition with Haliku and Co. Absolutely beautiful weather! Could NOT have asked for better conditions. Great mountain. | |
| Posted Jun 4, 2009 5:19 pm | ||
| Haliku | West Buttress Date Climbed: May 25, 2009 | |
| Team Summit Bound (Kiefer, media dude, astrobassman, cheeseburgler, rush and myself) put four of the six members on the summit late that day. What views! The summit ridge was windless and beautiful. | |
| Posted Jun 2, 2009 9:33 pm | ||
| soderkisen | West Buttress (Swedish Denali Expedition - Hamilton 2009) Date Climbed: May 17, 2009 | |
| Climbed together with four other guys from Sweden in a non-commercial expedition. Two out of five summited. We had winds up to 50mph and -45F(-43 Celsius) during the night in HighCamp. Lost my right mitten/glove, got minor frostbite in all fingers and had to abandon the summit on 17,400ft. After this there were no more windows in the weather during our stay. :( But I will definitly come back... | |
| Posted Jun 2, 2009 4:58 pm | ||
| bfrench | Denali Date Climbed: May 28, 2001 | |
| Chris and I both had our 21st birthdays at 14k. Summited from 14k in 13 hours round trip. Perfect weather. | |
| Posted Apr 28, 2009 12:31 am | ||
| Pablohoney | West Butt Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2008 | |
| No no no, Jaegermeister is fantastic, it dulls the pain. | |
| Posted Mar 26, 2009 11:25 pm | ||
| punchline | West Buttress Date Climbed: Jun 12, 2007 | |
| One of 77 that day | |
| Posted Mar 11, 2009 8:28 am | ||
| FortMental | West Butt... Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2008 | |
| Got to 18K, Paul continued to summit. What a grind! Do not drink Jaegermeister on this mountain! | |
| Posted Jan 12, 2009 2:26 pm | ||
| kovarpa | Tourist route Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2006 | |
| Good weather in teh beginning and then Vendula and I got stuck at the high camp (17,400) for three horrible days in high winds and some pretty cold temps. At the first "lull" in the weather we hightailed down to 14k, waited another day and then off. The window didn't open until after another week or so so I don't feel too bad about abandoning the attempt. There is always a next time. | |
| Posted Jan 5, 2009 3:12 pm | ||
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