Camp 2

Today was another beautiful day, and the crew is still moving right along. They are all doing great and slept at Camp 2 at about 11,000 ft last night. Today is sort of an "active rest day." They'll sleep in a bit, eat a big breakfast of bacon and eggs or french toast and then go back down the hill to pick up the cache they left 2 days ago. It should take them about 30 minutes to get to their cache and somewhat over an hour to carry everything back up to camp.

Camp 2 is situated in a relatively small basin, flanked by a rock and snow ridge to the north a snow and ice slope to the south, punctuated by huge seracs (ice blocks and towers) and ice cliffs. Looking southwest the 12,600 foot Mount Crosson and its neighbor the 17,500 foot Mount Foraker form your horizon, while to the northwest you get a glimpse of the tundra which stretches off to the coast, almost 500 miles away.

Tomorrow is a big day, as the crew will climb up "Motorcycle Hill" right out of camp, ascend a few more steepish bits and then (hopefully) make their way around the infamous Windy Corner. This part of the route can definitely live up to its name, so they will need a pretty good day to make it around the Corner. The plan is to make their cache at about 13,500 feet and then return to Camp 2 for the night.