{"id":30019,"date":"2026-05-14T14:03:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T22:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=30019"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:50:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T00:50:03","slug":"team-1-to-the-kahiltna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2026\/05\/14\/img-news\/team-1-to-the-kahiltna\/","title":{"rendered":"Team 1 to the Kahiltna!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">May 14, 2026<\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\n<div id=\"attachment_30023\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Team-1-Ready-to-Rock-Audrey-Simonson2-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[30019]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30023\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30023\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Team-1-Ready-to-Rock-Audrey-Simonson2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Team-1-Ready-to-Rock-Audrey-Simonson2-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Team-1-Ready-to-Rock-Audrey-Simonson2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Team-1-Ready-to-Rock-Audrey-Simonson2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Team-1-Ready-to-Rock-Audrey-Simonson2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Team-1-Ready-to-Rock-Audrey-Simonson2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IMGD Team 1 Ready to Fly!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\n<div id=\"attachment_30020\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/All-The-Gear-Audrey-Simonson-scaled.jpeg\" rel=\"lightbox[30019]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30020\" class=\"size-tb_medium wp-image-30020\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/All-The-Gear-Audrey-Simonson-620x827.jpeg\" alt=\"A big pile of gear in a tent, waiting to head onto the mountain.\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/All-The-Gear-Audrey-Simonson-620x827.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/All-The-Gear-Audrey-Simonson-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/All-The-Gear-Audrey-Simonson-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/All-The-Gear-Audrey-Simonson-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/All-The-Gear-Audrey-Simonson-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/All-The-Gear-Audrey-Simonson-940x1253.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/All-The-Gear-Audrey-Simonson-146x195.jpeg 146w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/All-The-Gear-Audrey-Simonson-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All The Gear (Audrey Simonson)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_30024\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clear-Day-in-Talkeetna-Audrey-Simonson-scaled.jpeg\" rel=\"lightbox[30019]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30024\" class=\"size-tb_medium wp-image-30024\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clear-Day-in-Talkeetna-Audrey-Simonson-620x465.jpeg\" alt=\"Clear Day in Talkeetna\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clear-Day-in-Talkeetna-Audrey-Simonson-620x465.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clear-Day-in-Talkeetna-Audrey-Simonson-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clear-Day-in-Talkeetna-Audrey-Simonson-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clear-Day-in-Talkeetna-Audrey-Simonson-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clear-Day-in-Talkeetna-Audrey-Simonson-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clear-Day-in-Talkeetna-Audrey-Simonson-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clear-Day-in-Talkeetna-Audrey-Simonson-940x705.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Clear-Day-in-Talkeetna-Audrey-Simonson-195x146.jpeg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clear Day in Talkeetna (Audrey Simonson)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">After a long day of gear packing and repacking, Team 1 was able to enjoy a lovely dinner at Denali Brew Pub in Talkeetna last night before getting a restful night&#8217;s sleep for their big day today! We&#8217;re happy to report that Team 1 was able to successfully fly to Kahiltna Base Camp this morning. They were the first climbing team out of the gate and had the perfect weather window for their flights!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>After reaching Kahiltna Base Camp this morning, Team 1 saddled up and started their journey up the Kahiltna Glacier. Tonight they will reach Camp 1, also known as &#8216;Ski Hill Camp&#8217;, which is situated about 7800 feet. On the menu tonight is tortellini for dinner!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Weather permitting, Team 1 will do their first &#8216;carry&#8217; of climbing gear to about 10,000 feet, cache it, and then return to Camp 1 for another night.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>IMG Denali couldn&#8217;t be happier to kick off another Alaska season on a good note!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 14, 2026 After a long day of gear packing and repacking, Team 1 was able to enjoy a lovely dinner at Denali Brew Pub in Talkeetna last night before getting a restful night&#8217;s sleep for their big day today! We&#8217;re happy to report that Team 1 was able to successfully fly to Kahiltna Base [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30024,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-denali","category-img-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30019"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30028,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30019\/revisions\/30028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}