Denali Private: April 28 to May 23
Guides: Mark Cionek, Chad Cochran
Climber: Jan Smith
Mark Cionek called at 9:20pm PST on May 2nd with the following dispatch:
Summary: The first climbing team of 2013 on Denali is making headway up the West Buttress. They woke to clear skies which switched to white-out conditions while doing a carry from Camp 1 to over 9000 ft for a cache between camp 1 and camp 2.