Lead guide Mikle Burmeister called in today, but the satellites were not in his favor and over three dropped calls in a row we finally managed to give him the weather report. After a few minutes his Spot device checked in but showed the group in a location they were not; Spots are incredible when…
The April 22nd team called in to report on their work for the day, but equally importantly, to wish a Happy Birthday to someone’s younger brother Nick. I’m not sure who made the call, so any help identifying the proud older brother would be appreciated! The team carried supplies up the part of the…
Yoshi checked in last night from camp 3. The range had gotten some weather in the past few days, but at 14,200′ the expedition was looking down on the cloud tops and stayed in the clear. Yesterday morning’s weather was unsettled, with winds in camp all night and 50mph winds forecast for high camp. Dealing…
Listen to the call from Camp 3 from our April 22nd team! It sounds like everyone is doing well, and getting a taste of Arctic mountaineering as it reached -33 c/ -27f last night. A pretty normal overnight low at 14,000 ft in the Alaska Range this time of year. The recording isn’t great, but…
Guide Yoshiko Miyazaki called this evening from their newly completed camp at 14,200′. They had yet another long day moving from camp 2 to camp 3, having spent 8 hours and 50 minutes making the path and routefinding through crevasse fields, but they all report being happy, but tired and ready for bed. Tomorrow may…
Lead guide Mike Burmesiter called last night to report his team returning to camp 2 after an 8 1/2 hour round trip to cache gear above windy corner. They broke trail again to 13,500′ but Mike was happy with the strength and motivation of his expedition. Today they plan to pack up camp, travel the…
recording Here’s the latest from the team at camp 2.
A little garbled at the end, but the team is in their tents for the night at camp 2, 11k. This is the first camp at which they will start to feel the effects of altitude, mainly in a shortness of breath when moving around and shoveling. recording
Guide Sebastian Grau called in around quarter to 9pm AK time to do the daily check-in. Seba was in the cook tent; I could hear the stoves burning in the background melting snow into water. The rest of the expedition had gone to bed already after putting in a good day’s work breaking trail…