Monday, June 29, 2015

2015 Denali Team 7 - Summit Day

Expedition Dates: June 14 - July 4, 2015.

Dispatch 11 received June 28th.

Guides:

Richard Riquelme
Shelby Carpenter
Jim Mediatore
Wyatt Evenson

Climbers:

Brian Lentz
Michael John Read
Richard Baker
Razia Anwar
Kamaldeep Kaur
Kam Dhiman
Stuart Shipp
Rolphe Oosrta

Stuart, Mike, Kamal, and Rolphe reached the summit today. The others turned around near 18K due to altitude issues and cold hands.  Everybody now safely back at High Camp resting, hydrating and preparing for the descent down to Base Camp over the next few days. Way to go Team 7!


Update: Richard has turned off his In Reach to conserve battery after reaching the Summit on June 28th. They have begun their descent.

Where is Team 7?  Locate them at any time by following Guide Richard Riquelme's InReach satellite locator.

2 comments:

Marg Read said...

Well done team 7 on your summit. What a great effort by you all. Must admit we were a little worried when we couldn't see you descending, but are relieved to know you are now down at High Camp. Looking forward to you returning to NZ Mike. Well done

Emily said...

Awesome news guys and well done to everyone in team 7. Very relieved to see that you are down from summit and just saving battery power. See you back in NZ soon Mike and looking forward to hearing all about it. Safe descending.