May 6 team: hello from basecamp
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April 22 team: Angus gives the details
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April 29 team: rest day
The April 22 team took a rest day yesterday at camp 2, sleeping in and eating big meals to regain their full strength. From their camp, the teams can admire Mt. Foraker, look over Kahiltna Pass onto the north side of the AK range and also look up the upper Peters Glacier , which parallels…
April 22nd Team Remains at Camp 3 Entertaining Themselves
Craig was responsible for calling in for the April 22nd West Buttress expedition tonight, and it sounds like they’ve got some time on their hands. It was a windy day today up high so they remained in camp finding ways to entertain themselves. He gives us a good description of some of the more mundane…
April 22 team: Ricky checks in
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April 22 team: carry to 16,200′
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…
April 22 Denali Team – Happy Birthday Nick!
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…
April 29 team: move to camp 2 at 11,200′
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April 29 team: cached gear at 10,000′
Sean called the Alaska office, reporting the team successfully carrying a load of gear up to 10,000′ in order to prepare for their move to camp 2 at 11,200′ tomorrow, walking right by their cache and turning the corner off the main flow of the Kahiltna glacier. Bad weather up high has kept our advance…