Denali Expedition: The Upper West Rib Team Moves to Balcony Camp
Posted by: Geoff Schellens, Steve Gately
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Denali
June 15, 2016 - 7:20 P.M. PDT
Late last night winds picked up on the upper mountain and persisted into this morning. We woke up early, packed and had breakfast and then watched the wind up high. By 10:30AM we could tell that the trend was diminishing winds, this matched our forecast, so we started up towards the West Rib. The winds had filled in our tracks from the other day so we had to re-break trail back up to our cache. After retrieving our cache we pressed on to gain the ridge and then we picked our way though the first rock band and on up to the balcony camp at 17k. The weather was perfect and with spectacular views of the Alaska Range. The team did a fantastic job today and everyone is feeling good and excited to be climbing. Weather permitting we will go for the summit tomorrow.
RMI Guide Geoff Schellens and the UWR Team
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Comments (6)
Best of luck on your assent.
Steve G
Posted by: Steve on
Great job team!! Looking forward to your next post. Keep up the good and safe work !!
Posted by: Allison Woodman on
So amazing following along on your trip and super excited for you all. Good luck!
Chris
Posted by: Underwood on
Very Exciting. Good Luck Today. Joy
Posted by: Joy Stuart on
Very exciting! Good luck tomorrow!
Uncle Marc and Elyse
Posted by: Uncle Marc and Elyse on
Exciting news! Good luck and safe ascend!
Posted by: Isty hlasny on