The team left a voice mail message today at about 21:00 Mountain Time. They were at 11,200 and coming down to Base Camp. No summit. Bernie went on to explain further but the call cut out for essentially all but the beginning and end. I did make out that their only disappointment was possibly disappointing friends and family following along. He finished by saying that it was an 8-10 mile walk out and, I think, they'll post about summit day when they get ???. Talkeetna? Home? I couldn't tell.
It's too bad they didn't make the summit, but I'm sure they made the right choice. We'll find out the details together.
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Talkeetna, AK Weather
Potential Itinerary
June 4 Base Camp (7,200 feet) up to Camp I at 7,800 feet
June 5 Camp I up to Camp II at 10,000 feet.
June 6 Rest and acclimatization day
June 7 Carry half our gear to Camp III at 11,500 feet and return to Camp II
June 8 Carry other half of gear to Camp III
June 9 Rest and acclimatization day
June 10 Carry to Camp IV at 14,200 feet
June 11 Rest and acclimatize
June 12 Rest and acclimatize
June 13 Carry gear to 16,500 feet and cache and return to Camp IV
June 14 Rest and prepare for move to high camp
June 15 Pick up cache at 16,500 feet and move to high camp at 17,200 feet.
June 16 Rest and prepare for summit day
June 17 Summit Day! and return to high camp
June 18 Descend to Camp II
June 19 Descend to Base Camp and wait for a flight off the glacier
Factor in at least three days of storms maybe more. This would be the ideal scenario.
June 5 Camp I up to Camp II at 10,000 feet.
June 6 Rest and acclimatization day
June 7 Carry half our gear to Camp III at 11,500 feet and return to Camp II
June 8 Carry other half of gear to Camp III
June 9 Rest and acclimatization day
June 10 Carry to Camp IV at 14,200 feet
June 11 Rest and acclimatize
June 12 Rest and acclimatize
June 13 Carry gear to 16,500 feet and cache and return to Camp IV
June 14 Rest and prepare for move to high camp
June 15 Pick up cache at 16,500 feet and move to high camp at 17,200 feet.
June 16 Rest and prepare for summit day
June 17 Summit Day! and return to high camp
June 18 Descend to Camp II
June 19 Descend to Base Camp and wait for a flight off the glacier
Factor in at least three days of storms maybe more. This would be the ideal scenario.
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- Day 12/June 15: Summit Attempt
- Day 11/June 14: Camp 6 (17,200ft)
- Day 10/June 13: Cache at 16,200ft
- Map of Progress
- Day 7/Jun 10: Camp 5 (14,200ft)
- Day 6/Jun 9: Carry to 12,800 ft
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- West Buttress Camps
- Day 4/Jun 7: Camp 4 (11,200 ft)
- Day 3/Jun 6: Camp 2 to Camp 3 (10200 ft)
- Day2/Jun 5: Camp 1 to Camp 2 (8800 ft)
- Day1/Jun 4: Base Camp (7200') to Camp 1 (7600')
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