It was a snowy and windy day up at Camp 3 for our June 12 team today. They spent the day pretty close to home today as the wind and snow kept them in camp. Karen called in this evening as they all sat around after dinner in the kitchen tent, gathering the courage to…
The team made a carry today, hauling food and fuel for high camp up to the ridge above at 16,400 ft. The day started out a bit cloudy, but got nicer as it progressed and is a beautiful evening up high. Janine got up to about 15,000 ft today, and has decided that is going…
Kevin called in this afternoon from 14k camp and says “all is well”. They did a back carry today and picked up the gear they’d cached at 13,500 ft a couple of days ago. Everyone did great and it is a beautiful day as they are making a bit of lunch and enjoying a leisurely…
The June 12th crew moved up to the 14,000 ft camp on June 22nd. Everyone is doing great and they are having good time. It was a bit windy on their move around “Windy Corner”, but that is pretty typical as they climb around the buttress at around 13,500 ft. They’ve settled into…
Karen called in last night from the June 12 expedition after a day of watching the snow fall. They had intended to carry a load of gear/food/etc. up to about 13,500 ft yesterday, cache it, and return to the 11,000ft camp for the night. Instead they watched the snow pile up and watched the wind…
Caitlin called in this afternoon from Camp 2 after picking up their gear from the cache at 9,800ft and bringing it all up to C2. They got up and enjoyed a big breakfast this morning before heading down for a relatively easy day of hauling some gear up the mountain. They spent about 25 minutes…
After a meal of cheesy Enchiladas the team is settled down into their bags for the night. They carried gear and food to 9,800′ today and reported beautiful weather and decent travel conditions. They plan to move camp to 11,200′ tomorrow, and the weather looks like it should hold out.
Kevin Koprek and team were able to travel the increasingly broken lower section of the Kahiltna glacier overnight when conditions were frozen, so snow quality made for great walking. Now they are established within a wanded and probed perimeter, most likely sleeping as I write this, getting ready to carry some gear and food ahead…
The team traveled to Talkeetna and checked in with Park Service, weighed their bags at the air taxi service and filled their water bottles, but the weather didn’t cooperate and they spent the first night of their trip in Talkeetna. Guides call this the ‘hurry up and wait’ attitude, and it is a theme to…
Hello and welcome to the expedition blog for our June 12th Team. The team will assemble beginning on June 12th in Anchorage for a gear check, team meeting, and make any last purchases that are necessary. The following day they will drive up to the sleepy little town of Talkeetna, where they will be given…