Welcome to Team T T's Denali Expedition Dispatch Page

On June 18, 2008 a team of climbers will meet in Anchorage, Alaska in order to attempt to climb to the top of North America.

The summit of Denali (Mount McKinley) is the one of the famed Seven Summits and soars 20.320 feet above sea level. This team will spend up to three weeks working their way up the mountain from a base camp located at 7,200'. Due to it's proximity to the Arctic Circle, Denali is notorious for its ferocious weather and extreme cold. For many climbers, it is the challenge of a lifetime.

"Team TT" is comprised of three friends from the Northeast of the US, who have chosen their expedition monniker as a tribute to the American ceramic artist Toshiko Takaezu. All three climbers have worked under Toshiko Takaezu, who began her career making functional wheel thrown vessels and has more recently switched to making abstract sculptures with freely applied poured and painted glazes.

The team will include:

John Mosler
David Kaufmann
Geoff Boooras

Mountain Trip guides for the expedition will be Christian Kerrick from Salmon Beach, Washington and Kevin Koprek from Ouray, Colorado.

We will post updates as they are available, however due to weather and the big mountains surrounding the team for much of the climb, communications with the team may not occur on a daily basis. Please keep in mind the axiom of "no news is good news."

We can not guarantee that any comments posted to this blog will reach the climbers on the mountain. If you do wish to pass along any news, please call or email the Mountain Trip Office at info@mountaintrip.com or +1-970-369-1153.