Friday, June 28, 2013

Denali Team 8 - Dispatch 4

Denali Team 8: June 18 to July 8


Guides: Ben Gardner, John Prud'homme, Kai Girard
Climbers:  Clair Morrissy, Marcus Hassler, Mike Dilworth, Marcos Bogado, Luis Antonio, Stefan Reinhold, Carlos Santalena, Karim Nseir, Patrick Montoyo, Kerry Herman, Fiona Muntz

Kerry Herman called at 8:11pm PST on June 27th with the following dispatch:



Denali Team 7 2013 - Dispatch 10

Denali Team 7: June 16 to July 6


Guides: Mark Cionek, Aili Farquhar, Braden Downey
Climbers:  Eric Cholis, Ian Stewart, Mark Horrell, Courtney Cholis, Nick Loring, Paolo Eugeni, Timothy Jowett, Neil Kapur 

Mark Cionek called at 11:31pm PST on July 27th with the following dispatch:


Denali Team 6 2013 - Dispatch 18

Denali Team 6: June 9 to June 29

Guides: Richard Riquelme, Andrew Stephen, Nate Furman
Climbers: Matthew Reiter, Ryan Melcher, George Foulsham, Luke Timmerman, Ralf Roddenhoff, Bryant Mangless, Bart Thedinger

Richard Riquelme called at 5:07pm PST on July 27th with the following dispatch:



Thursday, June 27, 2013

Denali Team 6 2013 - Dispatch 17

Denali Team 6: June 9 to June 29

Guides: Richard Riquelme, Andrew Stephen, Nate Furman
Climbers: Matthew Reiter, Ryan Melcher, George Foulsham, Luke Timmerman, Ralf Roddenhoff, Bryant Mangless, Bart Thedinger

Richard Riquelme called at 7:09am PST on June 27th with the following dispatch:



Denali Team 7 2013 - Dispatch 9

Denali Team 7: June 16 to July 6


Guides: Mark Cionek, Aili Farquhar, Braden Downey
Climbers:  Eric Cholis, Ian Stewart, Mark Horrell, Courtney Cholis, Nick Loring, Paolo Eugeni, Timothy Jowett, Neil Kapur 

Mark Cionek called at 10:20pm PST on June 26th with the following dispatch:



Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Denali Team 8 - Dispatch 3

Denali Team 8: June 18 to July 8


Guides: Ben Gardner, John Prud'homme, Kai Girard
Climbers:  Clair Morrissy, Marcus Hassler, Mike Dilworth, Marcos Bogado, Luis Antonio, Stefan Reinhold, Carlos Santalena, Karim Nseir, Patrick Montoyo, Kerry Herman, Fiona Muntz

Kerry Herman called at 5:08pm PST on June 25th with the following dispatch:



Denali Team 7 2013 - Dispatch 8

Denali Team 7: June 16 to July 6


Guides: Mark Cionek, Aili Farquhar, Braden Downey
Climbers:  Eric Cholis, Ian Stewart, Mark Horrell, Courtney Cholis, Nick Loring, Paolo Eugeni, Timothy Jowett, Neil Kapur 

Aili Farquhar called at 8:37pm PST on June 26th with the following dispatch:


Denali Team 6 2013 - Dispatch 16

Denali Team 6: June 9 to June 29

Guides: Richard Riquelme, Andrew Stephen, Nate Furman
Climbers: Matthew Reiter, Ryan Melcher, George Foulsham, Luke Timmerman, Ralf Roddenhoff, Bryant Mangless, Bart Thedinger

Richard Riquelme called at 12:39am PST on June 26th with the following dispatch:


Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Denali Team 6 2013 - Dispatch 15

Denali Team 6: June 9 to June 29

Guides: Richard Riquelme, Andrew Stephen, Nate Furman
Climbers: Matthew Reiter, Ryan Melcher, George Foulsham, Luke Timmerman, Ralf Roddenhoff, Prathap Sridharan, Bryant Mangless, Bart Thedinger

Andy Stephen called at 8:54am PST on June 25th with the following dispatch:



Denali Team 7 2013 - Dispatch 7

Denali Team 7: June 16 to July 6


Guides: Mark Cionek, Aili Farquhar, Braden Downey
Climbers:  Eric Cholis, Ian Stewart, Mark Horrell, Courtney Cholis, Nick Loring, Paolo Eugeni, Timothy Jowett, Neil Kapur 

Braden Downey called at 4:26pm PST on June 24th with the following dispatch:



Monday, June 24, 2013

Denali Team 7 2013 - Dispatch 6

Denali Team 7: June 16 to July 6


Guides: Mark Cionek, Aili Farquhar, Braden Downey
Climbers:  Eric Cholis, Ian Stewart, Mark Horrell, Courtney Cholis, Nick Loring, Paolo Eugeni, Timothy Jowett, Neil Kapur 

Aili Farquhar called on June 22nd with the following dispatch:



Denali Team 8 - Dispatch 2

Denali Team 8: June 18 to July 8


Guides: Ben Gardner, John Prud'homme, Kai Girard
Climbers:  Clair Morrissy, Marcus Hassler, Mike Dilworth, Marcos Bogado, Luis Antonio, Stefan Reinhold, Carlos Santalena, Karim Nseir, Patrick Montoyo, Kerry Herman, Fiona Muntz

Kerry Herman called on June 22nd with the following dispatch:



Denali Team 7 2013 - Dispatch 5

Denali Team 7: June 16 to July 6


Guides: Mark Cionek, Aili Farquhar, Braden Downey
Climbers:  Eric Cholis, Ian Stewart, Mark Horrell, Courtney Cholis, Nick Loring, Paolo Eugeni, Timothy Jowett, Neil Kapur 

Mark Cionek called on June 21st with the following dispatch:



Denali Team 6 2013 - Dispatch 14

Denali Team 6: June 9 to June 29

Guides: Richard Riquelme, Andrew Stephen, Nate Furman
Climbers: Matthew Reiter, Ryan Melcher, George Foulsham, Luke Timmerman, Ralf Roddenhoff, Bryant Mangless, Bart Thedinger

Andy Stephen called on June 22nd with the following dispatch:



Friday, June 21, 2013

Denali Team 6 2013 - Dispatch 13

Denali Team 6: June 9 to June 29

Guides: Richard Riquelme, Andrew Stephen, Nate Furman
Climbers: Matthew Reiter, Ryan Melcher, George Foulsham, Luke Timmerman, Ralf Roddenhoff, Prathap Sridharan, Bryant Mangless, Bart Thedinger

Richard Riquelme called at 12:58pm PST with the following dispatch:



Denali Team 7 2013 - Dispatch 4

Denali Team 7: June 16 to July 6


Guides: Mark Cionek, Aili Farquhar, Braden Downey
Climbers:  Eric Cholis, Ian Stewart, Mark Horrell, Courtney Cholis, Nick Loring, Paolo Eugeni, Timothy Jowett, Neil Kapur 

Mark Cionek called at 7:35pm PST with the following dispatch:



Denali Team 8 - Dispatch 1

Denali Team 8: June 18 to July 8


Guides: Ben Gardner, John Prud'homme, Kai Girard
Climbers:  Clair Morrissy, Marcus Hassler, Mike Dilworth, Marcos Bogado, Luis Antonio, Stefan Reinhold, Carlos Santalena, Karim Nseir, Patrick Montoyo, Kerry Herman, Fiona Muntz

Clair Morissy called at 7:03pm PST with the following dispatch:



Note: the label on this video is incorrect. This is Team 8, with trip dates: June 18th - July 8th. Subsequent videos will corrected.

Denali Team 6 2013 - Dispatch 12

Denali Team 6: June 9 to June 29

Guides: Richard Riquelme, Andrew Stephen, Nate Furman
Climbers: Matthew Reiter, Ryan Melcher, George Foulsham, Luke Timmerman, Ralf Roddenhoff, Prathap Sridharan, Bryant Mangless, Bart Thedinger

Nate Furman called at 7:39pm PST with the following dispatch:



Thursday, June 20, 2013

Denali Team 6 2013 - Dispatch 11

Denali Team 6: June 9 to June 29, 2013

Guides: Richard Riquelme, Andrew Stephen, Nate Furman
Climbers: Matthew Reiter, Ryan Melcher, George Foulsham, Luke Timmerman, Ralf Roddenhoff, Bryant Mangless, Bart Thedinger

Richard Riquelme called at 8:54pm PST with the following dispatch:



Denali Team 7 - Dispatch #3

Denali Team 7: June 16 to July 6, 2013


Guides: Mark Cionek, Aili Farquhar, Braden Downey
Climbers:  Eric Cholis, Ian Stewart, Mark Horrell, Courtney Cholis, Nick Loring, Paolo Eugeni, Timothy Jowett, Neil Kapur 

Mark Cionek called at 9:14pm PST with the following dispatch:



Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Denali Team 6 2013 - Dispatch 10

Denali Team 6: June 9 to June 29

Guides: Richard Riquelme, Andrew Stephen, Nate Furman
Climbers: Matthew Reiter, Ryan Melcher, George Foulsham, Luke Timmerman, Ralf Roddenhoff, Prathap Sridharan, Bryant Mangless, Bart Thedinger

Richard Riquelme called at 9:11pm PST on June 18th with the following dispatch:



Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Denali Team 7 2013 - Dispatch 2

Denali Team 7: June 16 to July 6

Guides: Mark Cionek, Aili Farquhar, Braden Downey
Climbers:  Eric Cholis, Ian Stewart, Mark Horrell, Courtney Cholis, Nick Loring, Paolo Eugeni, Timothy Jowett, Neil Kapur 

Aili Farquhar called on Monday evening with the following dispatch. (The phone signal cut out at the end, but we can extrapolate from her comments that the team's plan for Tuesday 6/18 is to move from Base Camp on the Southeast Fork to Camp 1 at 7800' on the main Kahiltna Glacier.)


Monday, June 17, 2013

Denali Team 5 2013 - Dispatch 8

Denali Team 5: June 2 to June 22

Guides: Angela Seidling, Eric Johnson, Britt Ruegger
Climbers: Martin Thornton, Georgy Royko, Jeremy Pont, Bruce Tocher, Anastasiya Averina, Christopher Kulish, Joyce Tocher, Nikolay Iliyuyshchenko, Daniel Bull 


Angela Seidling called the morning of June 17th with the following dispatch: 

Denali Team 6 2013 - Dispatch 9

Denali Team 6: June 9 to June 29

Guides: Richard Riquelme, Andrew Stephen, Nate Furman
Climbers: Matthew Reiter, Ryan Melcher, George Foulsham, Luke Timmerman, Ralf Roddenhoff, Bryant Mangless, Bart Thedinger


Andy Stephen called on the evening of June 16th with the following dispatch and messages: 



Denali Team 7 2013 - Dispatch 1

Denali Team 7: June 16 to July 6

Guides: Mark Cionek, Aili Farquhar, Braden Downey
Climbers:  Eric Cholis, Ian Stewart, Mark Horrell, Courtney Cholis, Nick Loring, Paolo Eugeni, Timothy Jowett, Neil Kapur 

Mark Cionek called on Sunday afternoon with the following dispatch:



Sunday, June 16, 2013

Denali Team 6 2013 - Dispatch 8

Denali Team 6: June 9 to June 29

Guides: Richard Riquelme, Andrew Stephen, Nate Furman
Climbers: Matthew Reiter, Ryan Melcher, George Foulsham, Luke Timmerman, Ralf Roddenhoff, Bryant Mangless, Bart Thedinger


Andy Stephen called on the evening of June 15th with the following dispatch. 

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Denali Team 5 2013 - Dispatch 7


Denali Team 5: June 2 to June 22

Guides: Angela Seidling, Eric Johnson, Britt Ruegger
Climbers: Martin Thornton, Georgy Royko, Jeremy Pont, Bruce Tocher, Anastasiya Averina, Christopher Kulish, Joyce Tocher, Nikolay Iliyuyshchenko, Daniel Bull 

Angela Seidling called midday June 15th with the following dispatch: 


Friday, June 14, 2013

Denali Team 6 2013 - Dispatch 7

Denali Team 6: June 9 to June 29

Guides: Richard Riquelme, Andrew Stephen, Nate Furman
Climbers: Matthew Reiter, Ryan Melcher, George Foulsham, Luke Timmerman, Ralf Roddenhoff, Bryant Mangless, Bart Thedinger


Richard Riquelme called on the afternoon of June 14th with the following dispatch. 


Denali Team 6 2013 - Dispatch 6

Denali Team 6: June 9 to June 29

Guides: Richard Riquelme, Andrew Stephen, Nate Furman
Climbers: Matthew Reiter, Ryan Melcher, George Foulsham, Luke Timmerman, Ralf Roddenhoff, Bryant Mangless, Bart Thedinger


 Richard Riquelme called on June 13th with the following dispatch. (The satellite phone signal began to fail near the end, so the clip ends abruptly... our apologies.)


Thursday, June 13, 2013

Denali Team 6 2013 - Dispatch 5

Denali Team 6: June 9 to June 29

Guides: Richard Riquelme, Andrew Stephen, Nate Furman
Climbers: Matthew Reiter, Ryan Melcher, George Foulsham, Luke Timmerman, Ralf Roddenhoff, Bryant Mangless, Bart Thedinger

Nate Furman called on June 12th with the following dispatch:



Denali Team 5: Dispatch 6

Denali Team 5: June 2 to June 22

Guides: Angela Seidling, Eric Johnson, Britt Ruegger
Climbers: Martin Thornton, Georgy Royko, Jeremy Pont, Bruce Tocher, Anastasiya Averina, Christopher Kulish, Joyce Tocher, Nikolay Iliyuyshchenko, Daniel Bull 

Angela Seidling called June 11th with the following dispatch: 



Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Denali Team 6 2013 - Dispatch 4

Denali Team 6: June 9 to June 29

Guides: Richard Riquelme, Andrew Stephen, Nate Furman
Climbers: Matthew Reiter, Ryan Melcher, George Foulsham, Luke Timmerman, Ralf Roddenhoff, Prathap Sridharan, Bryant Mangless, Bart Thedinger

Andy Stephen called at 6:25pm PST on June 11th with the following dispatch:




Summary: The team moved to Camp 1 after saying goodbye to a team member who had to fly out due to a back injury. They are doing well!

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Denali Team 6 2013 - Dispatch 3

Denali Team 6: June 9 to June 29

Guides: Richard Riquelme, Andrew Stephen, Nate Furman
Climbers: Matthew Reiter, Ryan Melcher, George Foulsham, Luke Timmerman, Ralf Roddenhoff, Prathap Sridharan, Bryant Mangless, Bart Thedinger

Richard Riquelme called at 7:41pm PST on June 10th with the following dispatch:



Monday, June 10, 2013

Denali Team 4 2013 -Dispatch 10

Denali Team 4: May 26 to June 15


Guides: Paul Rosser, Higinio (Quino) Gonzalez, Chad Cochran
Climbers:  Dominic Renshaw, Paul Greenan, Jason Krishnan, Aaron Sabo, Jorge Vargas, Will Johnson, James King, Fredson Bowers, Colin Gailey

Chad Cochran called at 12:00pm PST on June 10th with the following dispatch:



Denali Team 6 2013 - Dispatch 2

Denali Team 6: June 9 to June 29

Guides: Richard Riquelme, Andrew Stephen, Nate Furman
Climbers: Matthew Reiter, Ryan Melcher, George Foulsham, Luke Timmerman, Ralf Roddenhoff, Prathap Sridharan, Bryant Mangless, Bart Thedinger

Nate Furman called at 11:35 pm PST on June 9th with the following dispatch:



Denali Team 5: Dispatch 5

Denali Team 5: June 2 to June 22

Guides: Angela Seidling, Eric Johnson, Britt Ruegger
Climbers: Martin Thornton, Georgy Royko, Jeremy Pont, Bruce Tocher, Anastasiya Averina, Christopher Kulish, Joyce Tocher, Nikolay Iliyuyshchenko, Daniel Bull 

Angela Seidling called at 4:11pm PST on June 9th with the following dispatch:



Denali Team 4 2013 -Dispatch 9

Denali Team 4: May 26 to June 15

Guides: Higinio (Quino) Gonzalez, Chad Cochran
Climbers:  Dominic Renshaw, Paul Greenan, Aaron Sabo, Jorge Vargas, Will Johnson, James King, Fredson Bowers, Colin Gailey

Chad Cochran called June 9th with the following dispatch:




Summary: Team 4 summited in an 11 hour push on June 9th. Everyone is doing well, congrats to the team, nice work!

Denali Team 6 2013 - Dispatch 1

Denali Team 6: June 9 to June 29

Guides: Richard Riquelme, Andrew Stephen, Nate Furman
Climbers: Matthew Reiter, Ryan Melcher, George Foulsham, Luke Timmerman, Ralf Roddenhoff, Prathap Sridharan, Bryant Mangless, Bart Thedinger

Andy Stephen called on June 9th with the following dispatch:














Denali Team 5: Dispatch 4

Denali Team 5: June 2 to June 22

Guides: Angela Seidling, Eric Johnson, Britt Ruegger
Climbers: Martin Thornton, Georgy Royko, Jeremy Pont, Bruce Tocher, Anastasiya Averina, Christopher Kulish, Joyce Tocher, Nikolay Iliyuyshchenko, Daniel Bull 

Angela Seidling called June 8th with the following dispatch:



Friday, June 7, 2013

Denali Team 4 2013 -Dispatch 8

Denali Team 4: May 26 to June 15

Guides: Higinio (Quino) Gonzalez, Chad Cochran
Climbers:  Dominic Renshaw, Paul Greenan, Aaron Sabo, Jorge Vargas, Will Johnson, James King, Fredson Bowers, Colin Gailey

Chad Cochran called at 10:56pm PST on June 7th with the following dispatch:


Denali Team 5: Dispatch - 3

Denali Team 5: June 2 to June 22

Guides: Angela Seidling, Eric Johnson, Britt Ruegger
Climbers: Martin Thornton, Georgy Royko, Jeremy Pont, Bruce Tocher, Anastasiya Averina, Christopher Kulish, Joyce Tocher, Nikolay Iliyuyshchenko, Daniel Bull 

Angela Seidling called at 11am PST on June 8th with the following dispatch:



Thursday, June 6, 2013

Denali Team 5: Dispatch 2

Denali Team 5 - 6/2 - 6/22/2013

Guides: Angela Seidling, Eric Johnson, Britt Ruegger
Climbers: Martin Thornton, Georgy Royko, Jeremy Pont, Bruce Tocher, Anastasiya Averina, Christopher Kulish, Joyce Tocher, Nikolay Iliyuyshchenko, Daniel Bull 

Angela Seidling called at 7:02pm PST on June 5th with the following dispatch: 





Summary: The team flew onto the Kahiltna Glacier on June 4th, ate a spaghetti dinner and moved to camp 1. Today they are making a carry. 

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Denali Team 3 2013 - Dispatch 8

Denali Team 3: May 19 to June 8
Guides: Paul Ivaska, Paule Rachele, Ben Gardner

Climbers:  Terry Teed, Stephen Major, Steve Waterman, Kara Stinson, Nicholas Wickes, John Lynas, Stan Whyte, Christian Kesler, Katlin Rumsey


Paul Ivaska called at 6 PM PST yesterday to let folks know that they have flown off the glacier, and will be enjoying some well deserved food and drink in Talkeetna after a great and very successful expedition.  Everyone has had a great trip, and you'll be seeing your climbers soon!

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Denali Team 4 2013 -Dispatch 7

Denali Team 4: May 26 to June 15


Guides: Paul Rosser, Higinio (Quino) Gonzalez, Chad Cochran
Climbers:  Dominic Renshaw, Paul Greenan, Jason Krishnan, Aaron Sabo, Jorge Vargas, Will Johnson, James King, Fredson Bowers, Colin Gailey

Chad Cochran called at 3:00pm PST on June 4th with the following dispatch:

Chad reported that it was snowing lightly and team 4 is hunkered down at 14,200 foot camp. Luckily they have a pack of cards to help bide the time. The team is anxious to see the weather improve so they can make a cache at 16,200 foot.


Denali Team 3 2013 - Dispatch 7

Denali Team 3: May 19 to June 8


Guides: Paul Ivaska, Paule Rachele, Ben Gardner
Climbers:  Terry Teed, Stephen Major, Steve Waterman, Kara Stinson, Nicholas Wickes, John Lynas, Stan Whyte, Christian Kesler, Katlin Rumsey

Paul Ivaska called at 1:49pm PST on June 4th with the following dispatch:



Denali Team 5: Dispatch 1

Denali Team 5: June 2 to June 22

Guides: Angela Seidling, Eric Johnson, Britt Ruegger
Climbers: Martin Thornton, Georgy Royko, Jeremy Pont, Bruce Tocher, Anastasiya Averina, Christopher Kulish, Joyce Tocher, Nikolay Iliyuyshchenko, Daniel Bull 

Angela Seidling called at 9:09am PST on June 4th with the following dispatch:



Monday, June 3, 2013

Denali Team 4 2013 -Dispatch 6

Denali Team 4: May 26 to June 15


Guides: Paul Rosser, Higinio (Quino) Gonzalez, Chad Cochran
Climbers:  Dominic Renshaw, Paul Greenan, Jason Krishnan, Aaron Sabo, Jorge Vargas, Will Johnson, James King, Fredson Bowers, Colin Gailey

Quino called June 1st with the following dispatch:



Saturday, June 1, 2013

Denali Team 3 2013 - Dispatch 6

Denali Team 3: May 19 to June 8


Guides: Paul Ivaska, Paule Rachele, Ben Gardner
Climbers:  Stephen Major, Steve Waterman, Kara Stinson, Nicholas Wickes, John Lynas, Stan Whyte, Christian Kesler, Katlin Rumsey

Paul Ivaska called at 12:47pm PST on June 1st with the following dispatch:




Summary: Denali Team 3 reached the Summit of Denali on May 31st. The entire team completed the climb. They are headed down and will probably reach base camp on June 2nd or 3rd. 

Denali Team 4 2013 -Dispatch 5

Denali Team 4: May 26 to June 15


Guides: Paul Rosser, Higinio (Quino) Gonzalez, Chad Cochran
Climbers:  Dominic Renshaw, Paul Greenan, Jason Krishnan, Aaron Sabo, Jorge Vargas, Will Johnson, James King, Fredson Bowers, Colin Gailey

Paul Rosser called at 11:40pm PST with the following dispatch: