Denali Expedition: JT Schmitt & Team SUMMIT!
Posted by: JT Schmitt, Matias Francis, Jackson Breen
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Alaska Denali
Elevation: 20,310'
Thursday, June 2, 2022 1:35 am PT
The last two weeks of working hard on Denali payed off today. At 5:30 pm today we stood on top of the highest point in North America!
It was a beautiful sunny day, with a bit of wind but not too much to turn us around. It was a relatively quiet day with only a few other teams trying for the summit. The team performed incredibly well and summited in style! Now we are back at 17 camp, enjoying clear views all the way down to the tundra, where you can see the Alaskan sun shimmering off lakes over 15,000 feet below us.
Tomorrow we start the process of retracing our steps back down the mountain.
RMI Guides JT, Matias, Jackson and the RMI team.
Comments (10)
CONGRATS!! It’s absolutely incredible to follow your journey and to see this great news!
Posted by: Ramsay Bader on
Yay!!! Congratulations!!! I’ve had so much fun following you along your climb. Big congratulations to my brother, Scott - I am SO PROUD of you! Way to go, team!
Love, Julie
Posted by: Julie Joyce on
Congratulations to you both and all on the team—fantastic news!!
Charles and Jennifer
Posted by: Charles Platt on
Hurray!!! Fantastic! And on Henry’s birthday! So proud of you guys!
Love
Kathy
Posted by: Kathy Huntington on
Whoo Hoo! MANY congratulations to the whole team! It’s an awesome accomplishment, and I am proud of you all - GREAT job!
Posted by: Jennifer Huntington on
Woot woot woot woot!!! Incredible!!! We had a good feeling that today was the day!
Posted by: Amy Houston on
I will breathe deeply again it should have said. Love from Paris.
Posted by: Jane West on
So proud and psyched for your team and YOU, JT! Safe travels down and I will deeply again.
Posted by: Jane West on
Congratulations to the guides and the team! Insane accomplishment!
Posted by: George Strait on
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Amazing news!! My texts have been going nuts since the blog post went up (lots of people are watching!) and lots of people are sending best wishes and kudos!
Posted by: Nestor Davidson on