The team is safely out of the mountains!

The team is all now safely out of the Alaska Range and appears to have made a strong effort toward replenishing their energy supplies last night. I'd have to say it appears they must have been a bit dehydrated, judging from the quantity of fluids on that table. Good on them!

They did really well and kept a great attitude throughout a long expedition. They had loads of different weather to deal with and they did a fantastic job up there.

We'll do our best to post some photos from the expedition and encourage team members to send any images they would like to add to info@mountaintrip.com

Until then, thanks so much for joining us on this adventure. Thanks for your support and comments and give your climbers some big hugs when you see them next.

Podcast from Kahiltna International Airport

Zach left the following message minutes ago. The weather at the airstrip has not permitted the team to fly out, so they are in a sort of "hurry up and wait" state...

There is a Base Camp manager who monitors the conditions in the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna, where the airstrip is located. She has a radio phone connection to the air taxi services in Talkeetna as well as VHF radio contact with the planes flying overhead. She is the de facto air traffic control in a manner of speaking, and has a keen sense of when it is safe to fly. Our guides have a habit of bringing her fresh fruit and flowers in an ongoing effort to keep us on her good side!

Here's Zach:

SUMMIT!!!

The rumors were true! Zach just called in 20 minutes ago to report that seven team members and two guides reached the summit of Denali yesterday. It sounds like everyone did well, and they are currently packing up their high camp and getting ready to head down to Base Camp!

They should arrive at BC tomorrow, and we'll keep you posted as we learn more about who summitted and how they are all doing on the descent.

Here's Zach, from 17,200':