And so it begins. This evening Bernie emailed me from the hostel in Talkeetna. He sent three pictures and had this to share:
The flight from Denver was fine. Get our gear checked in was interesting. Matt wanted a plastic bag for his backpack, but was told that those plastic bags are for babies--meaning to cover car seats. He convinced them to give him one, but did not tie it the way the ticketing agent wanted, so she retied it.
Bernie was charged $50 extra because one bag was too long, and $50 for the sled. Then, I was yelled at by TSA for wearing my watch into the metal detector.
We arrived in Talkeetna about 10 am today. We hooked up with another two-man team [James and Don of Team Spyderchimp -ed] and we plan to travel together for increased safety.
We just finished our ranger briefing. It was about an hour of questions and procedures designed, by their own admission, to deter climbers who are not prepared. The ranger was impressed with the amount of research we had done and our knowledge of the route, gear, etc.
We plan to fly out to the glacier tomorrow sometime in the morning. The weather is supposed to be good.
Bernie
We are only allowed 125 lbs each--we will be over that by about 10 lbs and that includes wearing as much as we can because weight does not count against the total.
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