May 23, 2011 IMG Guide Austin Shannon called in at 3:20 AKDT (Alaska Daylight Time) to report on the Bona Team in Alaska. They flew onto the mountain today, landing at 10,000 feet on the Klutlan Glacier. It is a gorgeous day, warm with no wind. Austin says they just finished setting up camp at […]
May 20, The group gear has been checked and the duffels have been packed. IMG Guides Austin Shannon and Sheldon Kerr are off to Alaska tomorrow to meet up with our Mt. Bona climbers. On Sunday they’ll drive to Bush Pilot, Paul Klaus’ airstrip for their flight to the Wrangell/St. Elias Range. Their absolute destination […]
June 2, 2010 It turns out the team made it to within 250 vertical feet of the summit this time before being shut down by the weather. They descended back down to high camp in white out conditions. The group rested, packed up camp and headed down to base camp at 3:30 pm, arriving in […]
June 1, 2010 Mark called in this afternoon with a brief update: The team left High Camp for the summit this morning around 7am. After a few hours of climbing they pulled the plug and turned around as another storm rolled forcing them back to camp in whiteout conditions. Everybody is doing just fine and […]
June 1, 2010 Mark Allen called in this morning to report that they were stalled at High Camp overnight, but will give it one more go today keeping in mind they need to be back at BC tomorrow for their rendezvous and flight out. More to come… Tye Chapman
May 31, 2010 Mark Allen called in this afternoon to report that the team has enjoyed their rest day after getting shutdown on their first summit attempt over the weekend. After dinner this evening they plan to leave High Camp (~9pm) with hopes of reaching the summit in the early morning (~6am). If all goes […]
May31, 2010 Mark Allen called in late yesterday afternoon to report that the team gave the summit a go but were shut down 400ft shy of the summit. They left camp at 2am in map and compass visibility but after an hour they got above the marine layer of clouds to find some great views. […]
May 28, 2010 Just off the phone with Mark Allen and the Bona Team. They’ve made their push to High Camp and are “diggin in like ticks” even though the weather continues to be borderline perfect! They’ll take another full rest day tomorrow before their summit attempt. And should weather come in on the team […]
May 28, 2010 IMG Guide Mark Allen called in last night from C1 (12,080ft) on Mt. Bona. All is well.The team is enjoying some superb weather under some solid high pressure. The plan is to do a single carry to C2 (14,200ft) today and as Mark put it “dig in like ticks” which means digging […]
May 25, 2010 Mark Allen called in from Camp 1 at 12,080 feet at 12:15pm Alaska time The group made a carry  of supplies up to Camp 1 today from Base Camp at the landing site. They have had a couple of minor precipitation storms since arriving, but in general the weather has been good. […]
