June 20, 2011
Durny called this evening from base camp and said that conditions and visibility has improved a bit, but it is still not flying weather in there. They are eating dinner, and calling it a night, hoping to fly out tomorrow.
June 20, 2011
We just got word from base camp and the team has arrived! Unfortunately, the weather isn't allowing planes to fly in and pick them up right now. They cached some good food at base camp when they flew in, so they'll be eating well and waiting for the planes.
June 19, 2011
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June 19, 2011
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.
June 19, 2011
Durny called in from Camp 3 at 14,000 ft this afternoon. They are resting up today in preparation to leave for base camp tonight. It is going to be a long night for the crew, they'll leave in the middle of the night and hope to be in base camp
June 19, 2011
Michael B called from Talkeetna this afternoon. The team left Camp 3 at 14,000 ft last night and travelled thru the night all the way to base camp. They travelled during the coldest time of the night hoping to catch the lower Kahiltna glacier while the surface was frozen for
June 18, 2011
The team made the descent from high camp to base camp in a super strong one day push. By innovating a new system for skiing roped with the sitskiers in the front of the team, we made great progress and passed through advanced base camp just as a snowstorm moved
June 18, 2011
The May 31 team called this morning to report a successful descent. They were tired and it was late, so the crew went straight to bed. They reported a beautiful but long summit day. Their plan is to head down the ridge to the top of the fixed lines and
June 18, 2011
The May 31 team called at 8pm to report a successful summit with everyone reaching the top of North America. They enjoyed light winds and excellent views all around. They are currently on their way down to high camp, I'll update when they are all down in camp.
June 18, 2011
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.
