Denali Team 5: June 13–July 3
Guides: Paul Ivaska, Richard Riquelme, Kristen Looper
Apprentice: Andrew Yasso
Climbers: Walt, Ann, and Luke Hampton (Canton, Connecticut), Caitriona Strain (Burnfoot, Ireland), Brendan McDyer (Glenties, Ireland), Skye O’Donnell (Sydney, Australia), Colin Stalnecker (Chicago, Illinois), Ryan Derrigan (Rickmansworth, England), and Stephen Williams (Oxon, United Kingdom)
Paul called on Monday the 14th at 3pm with the following update:
“Hi! This is Paul calling from Base camp with a very quick dispatch. We flew in late yesterday, and today we went over glacier travel skills. The plan is to move to 7,800 ft tomorrow. We have a few quick messages for the world:
From Luke: H5Mand1434 To Abby
From Katrina: Hello to my family and David.
From Andrew: To my mom, I’m still warm and dry. And to penguin, HELLO!
From Brandon: Love to Dervla and Erica.
From Steve: Love to KT and all the family.
From Richard: Hello Laura and Sammy. I’m sleeping the whole night through. I love you guys!
From Kristen: Looper love to Idaho and California!
Ok, that’s all for now, I will call tomorrow.” -Paul