1st July 9:30am - Ian Mckeever is now the proud record holder of the World Speed Record for the 7 Summits. The team summited Denali yesterday (30th June) to complete the challenge in a total of 156 days, knocking an incredible 31 days off the old record. Summiting alongside Ian was Dave Pritt, Director of Adventure Peaks, who was also completing his 7 Summits.
A huge well done to Ian who only started climbing last year but has now proven himself on some of the worlds biggest mountains. They`re hoping to fly back to Talkeetna tomorrow when we`ll be able to bring you the whole inspirational story.....
29th June 9:00pm - There was a message left last night to say that Ian and the team had to turn around at 5550m due to strong winds. They have now returned to the top camp and will make another attempt tonight. Fingers crossed the weather will be a bit more favourable for them.(Day 155)
28th June 5:40pm - Dave called this evening to say that they will making their summit bid tonight. At present the winds are a higher than they would like. If it doesn`t subside then they will turn around and make another attempt tomorrow. The forecast although not very reliable for tomorow is meant to be slightly better than today.(Day 154)
26th June 9:00am - The waiting game continues.... Dave, Ian & John are all established at the 14,000` camp waiting for a break in the weather. The forecast is predicting high pressure but the critical factor is the wind speed. They were hoping to move up to the high camp at 17,000` last night and all being well to make their summit attempt tonight (Day 152)
22nd June 9:30am - The group will carry the equipment up to 16,000 feet tomorrow and hope to reach High Camp on Sunday. If the weather remains good they expect to summit on Monday or Tuesday.
19th June 11:00am - Dave called the office today to report that they will move up to 14,000 feet tomorrow and if the weather remains good they will attempt to summit on Saturday or Sunday (Sunday would be the 150th day of the challenge!). Watch this space ...
16th June 1:00pm- The team flew on Thursday to the glacier, they have now moved up to Camp II at 11,000 ft. All the team are well and looking forward to making their final summit bid.
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