The Cache is In!

Today Mike's team climbed the headwall above 14k Camp to put in their cache at 16,135 ft. up on top of the West Buttress proper.  This puts them in great position to make the move to high camp at 17,200 ft. as early as tomorrow.  Looks they are were back at 14k Camp this afternoon about 4:16 PM local Alaskan time.

Strong Team!

What a strong team. They made it to 14,200 ft. Camp V yesterday after working hard for seven straight days. I'm certain that today will be a rest day for them - they've certainly earned it. From what I could gather from the Alpine Ascent's cybercasts, they had a bit of snowing and blowing down on the Kahiltna glacier, some clearing as they climbed up and around Windy Corner (13,000 ft.).

Up and around Windy Corner

Today it looks like the team climbed up from 11k Camp and placed a cache above Windy Corner at 13,500 ft. and are currently on their way back down the camp.  Wow!  That's a lot of work days in a row.

On the move up

Looks like I guessed wrong yesterday. That strong team that Mike is part of is on the move again today, certainly to take their position at 11k Camp. Go Mike, go!

11k Cache

Kurt, here again.  I thought Mike and team might be moving up to 11,000 ft. today, but clearly they placed a cache up here and returned back to Camp 3 at 9,200 ft. for the evening.  I'm guessing tomorrow they might take a rest day.  All in all that looked like a strong day!

Progress to date

Hey folks.  Kurt here, Mike's climbing buddy from Aconcagua 110.  Judging by the SPOT location data, here's how the climb is going to far:

• Flew onto the mountain on Sunday, June 13 and established Base Camp at 7,136 ft. on the southest fork of the Kahiltna Glacier.
• Training at BC on Monday, June 14.
• Headed down to and up the Kahiltna Glacier on Tuesday, June 15 and made Camp 1 at 7,220 ft. about 11:49 AM (if I got the timezones correct)
• Moved from Camp 1 to Camp 2 at 7,728 ft. on Wednesday, June 16 and made camp at about 9:42 AM
• Climbed up to place a cache at 7,735 ft. on Thursday, June 17 and were back down at Camp 2 at 12:25 PM
• Yesterday, Friday, June 18, moved from Camp 2 to Camp 3 (9,222 ft.) arriving about 10:14 AM.
• Today, it looks like they are on the move up to either 10,000 ft. or prehaps pressing on to 11,500 ft.

Keep in mind these are just my guesses based on the data.  I would venture that they are getting some weather down there on the Kahiltna, which sounds consistant with the Alpine Ascents cybercasts.  Mike is on Team 9.

Kurt out

Weather is a go. See you on the mountain!