Greetings happy readers, Well things finished up well for our expedition, making it off the glacier all together (fingers and toes). We had a total of 7 successful summiteers reaching the highest point in North America on Memorial Day. I’m sure every one is back to their normal routine, with perhaps a few reminders (healing…
The May 12 and May 15th expeditions have all flown off the glacier and are in Anchorage getting dropped off at various B&Bs, probably jumping in the shower and enjoying such things as running water and indoor plumbing. Stay tuned for a wrapup blog entry from the guide teams, maybe with some photos!
After moving all day down the Kahiltna in low visibility conditions, Zach and the entire group are in basecamp, waiting to fly to Talkeetna at the earliest possible chance. The weather is socked in, with reports of intermittent rain throughout the day, but Talkeetna Air Taxi will launch planes as soon as the weather lets…
Zach checked in from 14k, they are resting and preparing to move down lower towards basecamp. They plan to leave 14k at 4 am, which should put them in basecamp (all things lining up) mid-afternoon.
Zach finally called in today to report a successful summit! The team slept in this morning to regain their strength, and are now almost in 14 camp. Zach will call soon to give me an update as to his plans for descending to basecamp.
Well, this is a bit embarrassing… We received a garbled post from someone who sounded a lot like Zach Johnson, but were unable to understand any of it. We have “heard it through the grapevine” that the team reached the summit yesterday. One of our other teams is at high camp and we have asked…
The team has pulled into high camp at 17,200′, set up their tents, eaten a meal and are most likely tucked into their sleeping bags asleep as I write this. It sounded like a long hard day, and most likely the team will take a rest day tomorrow to charge their batteries and regain some…
Zach called in from 14,200′ (4328m) today. The team took a rest day today, after moving up the fixed lines yesterday. They carried some of their food and supplies for their summit bid up to a spot at about 16,200′. going up and down the fixed lines is a pretty big day, and so they…