Alaska office news

Greetings from Alaska!  Denali climbing season officially wraps up!

The last two independent summiteers of the season Lukas Jasensky and Petr Halasta from Czech Republic stopped by our 7 Summits Club office in Talkeetna. These incredibly strong climbers topped out on Denali via the legendary Cassin Ridge — an impressive feat to close out the season! Huge congratulations on such an amazing achievement!

This year, Denali saw a 35% success rate among all climbers. We at the 7 Summits Club are truly grateful to be part of the amazing Talkeetna community. It’s been a fantastic season working here, meeting mountaineers from all over the world, and celebrating their achievements on North America’s highest peak. Thank you all for visiting us and sharing your journeys!

Until next season — keep reaching for new heights!

Talkeetna, Alaska, celebrates the 4th of July with a parade on Main Street! It doesn’t get dark in early July in Talkeetna, so the town doesn’t do a fireworks display to celebrate Independence Day. The lack of fireworks, however, doesn’t mean a lack of holiday spirit. The main event was a festive parade through downtown, complete with American flags, floats, live music and ice cream!

 Today in Talkeetna, the 7 Summits Club swapped the mountain trails for fishing rods and rifles! We kicked things off with some sporty fishing (the fish are still laughing), then sharpened our aim with a little sport shooting, and ended the day feasting like true mountain legends. What a blast!

Today the 7 Summits Club office in Talkeetna welcomed Sean Tracy, Denali135 & Denali100K Race Director and the first person to travel under historic own power from the lowest to the highest point in North America. In 2019 he also became the first person to run the 135 Mile Denali Highway with running partner Bill McCue. 

In 1997 Sean climbed Mt. Denali with started point at 282 feet below sea level at Death Valley.

He bicycled more than 3,600 miles, hiked through forests and crossed the chilly water of mountain streams. He survived tricky encounters with wildlife and negotiated treacherous mountain glaciers.

His expedition started March 21. He reached the mountaintop on June 21.

It was a true honor to meet such a legendary person in our office!

Thank you, Sean, for being such an inspiration to our generations!

6/22.  The 7 Summits Club office in Talkeetna welcomed Barrett McMurtry and Pat Monday from USA.

They climbed Mt. McKinley independently in just 9 Days! Super strong team! Big congratulations on your achievement! Keep climbing!

 6/22. Today the 7 Summits Club also welcomed climber Rinat Rahimkhanov from Azerbaijan who summited Mt. McKinley twice (!) this season. Congratulations on your successful climbs! It is absolutely a great achievement!

News from Alaska. Exploring Denali National Park, where wild is still wild. One road, and six million acres to roam. At 20,310 ft, Denali is North America’s tallest — and still growing! Only 30% of visitors ever see the summit. Moose, grizzlies, wolves, and eagles rule the land.

No fences. No signal. Just nature. Midnight sun in summer, auroras in winter. This is Denali — raw, free, and unforgettable.

Tati Posokhina, representative of the 7 Summits Club in Alaska:

6/20- Today is the summer solstice! Here in Talkeetna, Alaska, we’re soaking up 22 hours of daylight — and the sun barely dips below the horizon!

No need for flashlights — just endless golden skies, midnight hikes and kisses, and sunshine that never sleeps.

6/20- News from Alaska.  Today the 7 Summits Club in Talkeetna welcomed our dear friends and climbers from India who successfully summited Mt. McKinley on June 16 Muthamil Selvi Narayanan and Shaikh Hassan Khan.

Narayanan is the first Tamil woman who competed the 7 Summits project. And Shaikh Hassan Khan  is the first Malayali man from Kerala state who competed the 7 Summer project.

This is a huge achievement and we are honored to congratulate you personally!!!

Wishing you both good luck in your new projects!

6/19- News from Alaska. 2nd group of 7 Summits Club with Lyudmila Korobeshko is getting to fly out to the Kahiltna Glacier/ Base Camp of Denali. Real adventures is about to begin.

6/18- This season in Alaska for the 7 Summits Club is pretty busy. We meet and welcome climbers from around the world. They share their climbing stories and we share ours! 

Today we are happy to welcome and award other international groups of climbers who successfully made it to the summit of Mt. McKinley. 

 Qiao Yang, Dmitri Gordeev, Tom Mcgibbca and Thomas Hanski from USA, England and Russia, summited on June 17.

Kyriakos Avgoustis from Greece summited on June 14.

Tomasz Maciaszczyk from Poland summited on June 14.

Pavel Eframov from USA summited on June 14.

Congratulations on your big achievements! Keep climbing!

6/16 - Another Big News from Alaska! New Day- New Achievements!

The 7 Summits Club is proud to welcome in our Talkeetna office another Denali Summiters, independent American climbers: Danny Innamorati, Daniel Bateman and Daniel Langemann. 

Innamoratti and Bateman climbed McKinley via Cassin Ridge, which is a challenging and iconic alpine climb and considered one of the most sought-after big mountain climbs in North America. It's a direct, 9,000-foot ascent on the South Face, requiring technical ice and rock-climbing skills. The route is known for its steepness, commitment, and limited escape option!!!

It’s a huge achievement! Congratulations! Well-deserved summit!!!

6/12- Big news from Talkeetna, Alaska. 7 Summits Club Congratulates Denali Summiters!

Today, the 7 Summits Club is proud to celebrate and honor a group of strong and experienced climbers and veterans (instagram- veteransadventuregroup)- who successfully summited Denali/ McKinley on June 10th at 5:30 pm, the highest peak in North America.

It was a tough expedition, marked by harsh weather and challenging conditions, but the team showed remarkable endurance and spirit. We are truly proud of their achievement!

The President of the 7 Summits Club, Alex Abramov, personally greeted and congratulated each climber, presenting them with medals and certificates to recognize their impressive accomplishment.

Congratulations to all - you’ve earned your place in mountaineering history!

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6/11- Hello from Alaska! We have exciting news! The president of 7 Summits Club Alex Abramov has arrived in Alaska!
Stop by our office in Talkeetna to meet him personally and say hello!

The 7 Summits Club is proud to announce that our Alaska office is fully ready to meet and greet all Denali climbers this season. We are excited to personally welcome each mountaineer who has taken on the challenge of North America's highest peak.
Our team is looking forward to meeting every climber in person, celebrating their achievement, and awarding special medals and certificates to those who have successfully reached the summit. Whether you climbed with us or independently, you're part of the global climbing community and we’re here to honor your accomplishment.
Stop by, share your story, and let us congratulate you on your Denali success!

6/9- Today our old friend Garrett Madison from Madison Mountaineering stopped by our office to say Hello and Welcome the 7 Summits Club to Alaska.

Garrett Madison summited Everest for the 15th time just a few weeks ago and now he left for the Denali Expedition. 

6/8- Sad news from Denali.

Denali took its first victim this season. Alex Chiu from Brooklyn, New York died after he fell 3,000 feet from Alaska’s Mount McKinley on June 2. Alex Chiu with 2 other partners were ascending Mount McKiney’s West Buttress climbing route on to the Peters Glacier on June 2, which is roughly 12,000 feet above sea level. Chiu was not wearing a rope during the adventure when he fell, and National Park Service officials said the two other mountaineers witnessed Chiu fall and they lowered themselves over the edge of the mountain as far as they could but couldn’t see or hear Chiu fall. The body was recovered on June 4 by helicopter.