Wednesday, May 25, 2016

2016 Denali West Buttress Team 4 (May 23 - June 12) Dispatch 1

May 24, 2016

Guides:

Higinio "Quino" Gonzalez
Jared Drapala
Justin Moynihan

Climbers:

Leah Jay
Than Juang
Tilak Ramaprakash
William Martin
Tyrone Smith
Jan Grothe
Dan Brochu
Mike Tucker
Duncan Marsh

We received word from AAI lead guide Quino Gonzalez late Tuesday evening. Team 4 flew onto the mountain yesterday and made it to Camp 1 last night!

Team 4 landed at base camp around 10:30am and quickly made the 5 hour journey to Camp 1. Everyone did really well throughout the day. Team 4 is hoping to move their first cache halfway to Camp 2 on Wednesday, or they will take a rest day if the weather does not cooperate.

Everyone is in good spirits and doing really well. Team 4 is looking forward to a great expedition!



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