The team carried a load of food and fuel yesterday from their 1st camp at about 7800 ft on the Kahiltna glacier up to around 9800 ft. In order to protect their food and supplies from the tenacity of the Alaskan ravens, they dug a pretty deep hole in the snow, piled in their gear, and covered it back up before returning to camp for the night. This process is called "climbing high and sleeping low" and helps the climbers acclimatize to a new altitude before moving up to a higher camp.
They are enjoying continued beautiful weather and are moving up right on schedule. Today they plan to move their camp about 4.5 miles up glacier to Camp 2 at 11,000 ft.
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Ryan, Dont forget to cover your head and wear your hat at all times!
ReplyDeleteI like how you are using the sun glasses to cover ur receding hairline ryan!!!!
ReplyDeletei like how you are using the sunglasses to cover your receding hairline ryan!!!
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