Dispatches from American Alpine Institute's worldwide mountaineering expeditions, including the West Buttress of Denali, Ecuador, Bolivia, and the Seven Summits.
Saturday, June 13, 2015
2015 Denali Team 6 - Dispatch 6
Expedition Dates: June 7 to June 27, 2015
Dispatch 6 received June 12th.
Guides:
Andrew Yassso
Andy Stephen
Tad McCrea
Climbers:
Mark Styczynski
Fiona Yard
Damien Roland Smith
Ross Veltman
Boris Lerner
Roman Meck
Richard Wilson
Team 2 has arrived at Camp 2 at 11,200'. Everyone got up around 7am, had a nice breakfast, and despite the wind broke down camp to start their move up the mountain. The wind blew the first few hours of the climb up, but this also help blow the clouds from the sky so everybody was finally able to get a good view Denali and her gorgeous neighbors. They arrived at Camp 2 around 5pm and quickly set up camp. Dinner was being cooked at the time of the dispatch. Everyone is doing great.
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