Dreaming of the next trip...

As we finish putting away the tents and cleaning up the gear here in rainy Anchorage our minds begin to wander and we begin to dream of the next expedition. Maybe one that involves traveling to Bali, hmm... Lucky for us Carstensz Pyramid is next on the list, we're going in October with one or two groups of climbers for this adventure. It is always an adventure traveling to West Papua (formerly Irian Jaya) and getting to base camp is arguably the hardest part of this trip. Others might argue that the Tyrolean Traverse (pictured below) is the hardest part of the climb, but from a guides perspective, this is a much more manageable risk.

We've still got a couple of spots on our October trips.

Our last team of the season reached the summit!

Our last Denali team of the 2009 season reached the summit on a picture perfect, warm and sunny day!

Jacob Schmitz called to say that he was enjoying an amazing from the highest point in north America. The team made good time to the summit and the first rope teams found it so warm that they posed for some shirtless summit shots. Shirtless at 20,2030 feet in Alaska? That's almost unheard of...

Congratulations to all the climbers for their hard work and great effort.

This wraps up our 2009 season. we were able to put 11 out of 14 West Buttress expeditions on the summit, despite a month of horrendous weather in May and early June.

We'll post a 2009 season recap shortly. Please check out all of our expedition dispatches HERE.

Two more teams on the summit!

Today two more Mountain Trip groups reached the summit of Denali. Our June 23rd team and a small, private climb both made it to the top of North America on what Mountain Trip co-owner and guide, Bill Allen, described as the nicest summit day he's seen in over 20 Denali expeditions.

16 climbers reached the summit today with Mountain Trip:

Ephraim Gildor from the US
Stina Glavind from Denmark
Sheri Bastien from Canada
Jaysen Armugmum from the UK
Scott McNaughton from the UK
Neil Hunter from the UK
Mirek Standowicz from the US
Shawn Dawson from the US
George Stewart from the UK
Patrick Turner from the US

Mountain Trip guides:

Bill Allen from Ophir, CO
Heidi Kloos from Ridgway, Colorado
Sebastian Grau from Santiago de Chile
Justin Buttrick from Anchorage, Alaska
Constantine Severis from Telluride, CO
Chris Davenport from Aspen, CO

Congratulations to all the climbers!