Team 3:1 Advantage climbs Denali (West Buttress, May 2021)

Denali Alaska expedition in May 2021 via the West Buttress route. Husband & wife, Marlin & Trisha, along with third teammate Mandy set out to climb the highest mountain in the US and North America. Marlin already completed all 50 state highpoints in 2016 and he and Trisha had visited all the highpoints together, except Trisha lacked Denali. Follow "Team 3:1 Advantage" as they embark on a 20 day expedition to the top! . . Overview of the trip: May 14 - Flew onto Kahiltna Glacier (~7000 ft elevation). Trekked from the airstrip to 7800' camp. Starting weight was about 140lb food and fuel per person (prepared for 28 days). May 15 - 7800’ camp to 9900’ camp May 16 - 9900’ Camp to 11k camp May 17 - Rest day in 11k camp May 18 - Cache to 13,500’ May 19 - Rest/weather day May 20 - My husband trekked our 3rd teammate out to the airstrip and back by himself. (Teammate bailed due to inability to tolerate altitude and exertion with having covid recently.) May 21 - Move from 11k camp to 14k camp (windy/snowy day, but worse weather approaching) May 22 - Establishing camp at 14k May 23 - Camp reinforcement & repair day due to broken tent pole from high winds overnight May 24 - Retrieve cache from 13,500’ and Edge of the World excursion May 25 - Cache to 16,800’ May 26 - Reconstructing melting camp walls day, digging underground bathroom May 27 - Weather day (lots of shoveling snow) May 28 - Rest day May 29 - Weather day (snowing & super windy again) May 30 - Move from 14k’ camp to 17k’ camp May 31 - Summit day, pack up 17k’ camp, back to 14k’ camp (bad weather approaching) June 1 - 14k’ camp to 7800’ camp. Tried to push to the airstrip but poor visibility and no broken trail on lower mountain made going slow and precarious with unknown crevasse locations. June 2 - 7800’ camp to airstrip and flew out to Talkeetna. Beautiful day! . . Music credits in order (all downloaded from pixabay . com) -"Good Vibes" by AlexiAction -"Motivational and Success" by BoDleasons -"Uplifting Life" by Grand Project -"Spirit of Adventure" by AlexiAction -"The Beat of Nature" by Olexy -"Motivational Epic Music / Inspiring Cinematic Background Music" by SoulProdMusic -"We Confidently Go to Victory" by Alex MakeMusic