Sunday, May 14, 2017

2017 Denali West Buttress Team 1 (May 7 - 27) Dispatch 6

Guides:

Tad McCrea
Philip "Britt" Ruegger
Jared Drapala

Climbers:

Uli Meyer
Matthias Mueller
Irene Hartman
Beatrice Hirschi
Marianne Schnider
Hubery Schurch
Helmut Stadmuller
Martin Stappung
Alois Fuchs

AAI lead guide Tad McCrea called in lat last night reporting that the team has successfully cached near Windy Corner (13,500ft) above Camp 2 (11,200ft). They got above the cloud layer and welcomed beautiufl view of Mount Hunter and the upper mountain of Denali. On the way back they clouds grew thicker and brought nearly 1 foot of snow on the camp. The team will look to move to Camp 3 (14,200ft) aka 14 Camp when the weather clears.


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