Guides:
Aidan Loehr
Andy Stephen
Chris Benson
Climbers:
Fabio Luigi Aspali
Mathias Brandenburg
Dr. Peter Fichtner
Ernst Huber
Gunther Reinhold Muller-Schubert
Roger Ruegg
Rene Robert Spichiger
Marisa Tribastone
Stefan Urfer
Lead Guide Aidan Loehr called in at 11:33PM last night (5/13) to
update us with Team #2’s movements.
“Hey this is Aidan with Denali trip 2. We are sitting in
camp 1 now. We flew into the airstrip at the base of Mt. hunter last night in
near perfect weather last night. Pretty awesome flight, just doesn’t get much
better than that.
We got a good weather forecast for today. Practiced some
skills at night and got everyone in bed at a reasonable hour, ‘reasonable-ish’.
We got up early and had a 6AM breakfast, reviewed some more
skills and got out of camp at 1015, heading up to Camp 1.
Again in near perfect glacier conditions. Few clouds in the
south that developed throughout the afternoon but we knew that was going to
happen. Forecast calls for some winds out of the southwest but that shouldn’t affect
us much down low.
We arrived to camp in great shape in 5 hours 45 minutes. Could
have gone faster but there was no reason to push it and tire people out. Team
seems to be in good spirits and they handled the day well.
We are settled in camp now with low visibility with some
snow showers but nothing impassable for us looking forward.
We will have a carry day tomorrow before moving up to Camp
11.
Everyone is bedded down for the night and we are enjoying
chatting about climbing in Switzerland.
Having a great trip so far, we will call in more as we move
up the mountain. This Aidan with AAI Denali Trip 2, over and out.”