Denali Team 3: May 23 – June 12, 2010
Guides: Angela Seidling, Alaina Robertson
Climbers: Paul Rose, Joan Clofent, Paul Watkins, Carol Masheter, Simon Boaz, Bob Sullivan
Team 3 did not call in today but Team #4 passed on the following excellent news when Dylan Taylor called with a dispatch and noted the following:
“We kept the radio on during dinner and listened to Angela and Alaina and Team #3 as they worked their way up the top of the West buttress to high camp at 17,200. Sounds like it went well for them.”
They must be very pleased to have finally gotten off the 14,000-foot plateau to climb the face of the West Buttress and move up to the high camp. They are now in position to try for the summit when they are rested and the weather is favorable. Typically a team will take a full day (in this case Monday) to rest and further acclimatize before making their summit attempt..