Frodo called on Wednesday night, I was unable to post yesterday, sorry! I had left a message telling him of the best wishes of the VFTT community, he thanks you all.
June 1st-2nd
On Tuesday (June 1st) they stayed at the camp (7,500 feet) most of the day, it was a pleasant warm day. In the evening they left camp around 8:30 PM (remember the perpetual daylight!) and climbed 2,000 feet to set up camp at 9,500 feet. Bitterly cold! They found an old abandoned site, and spent about half an hour digging it out and improving it. Then Ben discovered a nearby site in excellent condition, complete with great snow walls. So they moved their tents there. Good views of the top of Denali.
They keep hearing avalanches coming down, pretty intense as Frodo put it! They also saw "beautiful" crevasses, but planned to keep out of them!
They spent Wednesday (June 2nd) there, and plan to move up to about 11,000 feet next day (Thursday), which will get them off the Kahiltna Glacier and onto the mountain proper. After that they will see how the weather develops (a storm is forecast for the weekend).
June 1st-2nd
On Tuesday (June 1st) they stayed at the camp (7,500 feet) most of the day, it was a pleasant warm day. In the evening they left camp around 8:30 PM (remember the perpetual daylight!) and climbed 2,000 feet to set up camp at 9,500 feet. Bitterly cold! They found an old abandoned site, and spent about half an hour digging it out and improving it. Then Ben discovered a nearby site in excellent condition, complete with great snow walls. So they moved their tents there. Good views of the top of Denali.
They keep hearing avalanches coming down, pretty intense as Frodo put it! They also saw "beautiful" crevasses, but planned to keep out of them!
They spent Wednesday (June 2nd) there, and plan to move up to about 11,000 feet next day (Thursday), which will get them off the Kahiltna Glacier and onto the mountain proper. After that they will see how the weather develops (a storm is forecast for the weekend).
