Our expedition made waves before it even began, as NBC’s national news correspondent Diana Alvear and producer Aarne Heikkila arrived in Alaska to film the team’s departure for a news segment that will air after the expedition. What follows is a window into NBC’s coverage, from Diana’s perspective. As I stood knee deep in snow, [...]
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This dispatch was by Rosemary Saal at approximately 9:00 pm on Sunday, June 16, 2013, when the team made a long move past Windy Corner to Advanced Base Camp, located in a basin at 14,200. There they will begin the more technical part of their journey on fixed lines up to the West Buttress, where [...]
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Imagine climbing one of the coldest alpine routes on one of the highest peaks in the world. Now imagine doing that while dragging cameras, tripods, and an array of film equipment up with you on sleds. Now imagine doing that while taking photographs and film of a mountaineering team in action. That is the Herculean [...]
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Dispatch from Scott Briscoe on June 13, 2013 at about 9:00 p.m. Alaska time from Camp 3, at 11,000 feet on Denali. The team is on schedule so far thanks to the record high temperatures amazing weather on the mountain. Fingers crossed for the big weekend ahead–we’re hoping by the end of the weekend that [...]
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Read the full article here: West Side Gazette – Everglades trip makes new friends for parks, Expedition Denali
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Expedition Denali supporter Julia Yarbough spearheaded a 10,000 Steps to Denali event in Florida yesterday by taking youth from the City of Miami Gardens on a hike in their own backyard—the Florida Everglades. Youngsters proudly sported their Expedition Denali tees as they learned about the ecosystem, flora, and fauna of the Everglades and its [...]
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Dispatch from team member Tyrhee Moore at about 4:00 pm Alaska time on Tuesday, June 11 from the base of Ski Hill, 7,800 ft. Listen here: EXPEDITION MAP
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Nine mountaineers currently moving up the Kahiltna Glacier on Denali are preparing not only to make history by summitting the tallest peak in North America—Denali, but also to create a legacy. In hopes of becoming the first African American team to summit the peak, the Expedition Denali team is doing so to inspire youth of color, currently [...]
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Almost exactly a hundred years ago (June 7, 1913 to be exact), Hudson Stuck and Walter Harper were the first humans to stand on the summit of Denali. Yesterday, we bid our team farewell as they flew from Talkeetna to the base of the Kahiltna Glacier to begin their historic expedition up the mountain. It [...]
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After some adventurous late night travels, the team landed in the bright near-midnight sun in Anchorage and headed to NOLS Alaska this morning in the iconic green bus. Gear has been exploded and checked, leaving us with the more challenging task of imploding the gear— which means packing it back into backpacks along with the [...]
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Team Denali is officially en route to Anchorage flying on five different airlines from six different cities: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. Meanwhile our film team has been busy shooting time lapses of Denali from Talkeetna, the gateway to the West Buttress of the mountain. While our nine mountaineers have been [...]
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Read the full article: Expedition Denali: The first all-black team to climb North America’s tallest mountain
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George Potter and Andy Adkins of Distill Productions and Hudson Henry of Hudson Henry Photography arrived at NOLS Alaska to begin preparations for heading up the mountain with the team to film the journey. We descended on them with my “fancy” point-and-shoot camera to document the documenters. Here are some photos of their set-up, which [...]
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This week, the instructor team for Expedition Denali started arriving at NOLS Alaska in Palmer in preparation for the historic climb this month. The team is comprised of seasoned NOLS instructors Aaron Divine, Madhu Chikkaraju, James (KG) Kagambi, and Robby ReChord. Though the Expedition Denali team members have NOLS mountaineering courses under their belts, this [...]
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Read the full article here: Expedition Denali Documentary Kickstarter Campaign Gets Fully [Crowd] Funded
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Read the article here: Solving Climbing’s Diversity Problem
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Read the full article here: TAKING DIVERSITY TO THE PEAKS
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The Expedition Denali Kickstarter campaign ended yesterday, and thanks to each of you, we’ve been celebrating not only reaching our goal of $107,500 but climbing past it, ultimately raising $111,125. We deeply appreciate the overwhelming generosity of all those who backed our campaign and, with a donation, demonstrated their belief in the power of inspiration [...]
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Read the full article here: 1st All-Black Team Set to Climb Tallest Peak in North America
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Read the full article: Bozeman production company set to document Denali summit attempt
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Expedition Denali is mentioned in the June issue of Outside Magazine! Pick up your copy today or check it out here. The team is making waves and they aren’t even on the mountain yet! Help us make those waves even bigger by donating to our Kickstarter campaign so we can share this story with a [...]
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This blog post by Laura Swapp, REI’s diversity and inclusion director, was initially published on the REI blog. I am not black, and I am not going to summit Denali—at least not this year. But I do think that the Expedition Denali team has a game changer on their hands. And I love a game changer: something that [...]
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LANDER, WY—The National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) announced this week that the National Park Service (NPS) and Denali National Park and Preserve have extended support for Expedition Denali: Inspiring Diversity in the Outdoors. Expedition Denali is a historical undertaking by the first African American team to attempt to summit Denali, North America’s tallest mountain. To inspire [...]
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With Expedition Denali right around the corner, the suspense and anticipation is building every day. There’s no doubt the nine climbers who make up the team are focused and are preparing themselves mentally and physically. Although these spirited and courageous individuals are the nucleus for the entire expedition, have you stopped and asked yourself who [...]
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LANDER, WY—Ananda Yoga Lander will host an evening of restorative yoga to benefit the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) project Expedition Denali. On Thursday, May 2, at 6 p.m., NOLS Diversity and Inclusion Manager Aparna Rajagopal-Durbin will introduce guests at the Ananda Yoga Lander studio at 145 N. Third Street to Expedition Denali, the first African American [...]
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This blog by Erica Wynn was originally published on the REI blog. With only six weeks until I climb Denali, I have a growing anxiousness that inspires action. If I’m not moving, I’m wasting time, losing muscle. These days I have no problem walking up and down the steps in my local park with a [...]
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This June, nine mountaineers will attempt to become the first all-African-American expedition to climb Denali (a.k.a. Mount McKinley) in Alaska. This team’s goals go far beyond summiting North America’s highest peak and making history. Their ultimate objective is to inspire people of all colors, young and old, to get more engaged in the great outdoors. [...]
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Jun 18, 2013 
