- Melissa Arnot
- Alex Barber
- Gabriel Barral
- Jake Beren
- Zeb Blais
- Katie Bono
- Anne Gilbert Chase
- Sean Collon
- Leon Davis
- Elias de Andres Martos
- Cody Doolan
- Paul Edgren
- Mark Falender
- Leah Fisher
- Eric Frank
- Steve Gately
- Josh Gautreau
- Thomas Greene
- Casey Grom
- Dave Hahn
- Walter Hailes
- Tim Hardin
- Mike Haugen
- Andy Hildebrand
- Mike Hinckley
- Joe Horiskey
- Nick Hunt
- Tyler Jones
- J.J. Justman
- Levi Kepsel
- Mike King
- Adam Knoff
- Katy Laveck
- Ben Liken
- Josh Maggard
- Paul Maier
- Linden Mallory
- Lindsay Mann
- Andres Marin
- Jeff Martin
- Erik Nelson
- Billy Nugent
- Brent Okita
- Logan Randolph
- Tyler Reid
- Dave Reynolds
- Kel Rossiter
- Geoff Schellens
- Shaun Sears
- Garrett Stevens
- Jason Thompson
- Mike Tomlinson
- Mark Tucker
- Mike Uchal
- Pete Van Deventer
- Alex Van Steen
- Ed Viesturs
- Maile Wade
- Mike Walter
- Seth Waterfall
- Solveig Waterfall
- Peter Whittaker
- Win Whittaker
- Bryson Williams
- Dan Windham
- Robby Young
Mt. McKinley: Walter & Team Carry to 13,500’
Posted by: Pete Van Deventer | May 17, 2012
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Mount McKinley
Elevation: 11,300'
Hi all!
We are back at 11,000’ camp after a successful and gorgeous carry to cache gear at 13,500 ft, just past Windy Corner. When we woke this morning it looked like Windy Corner might live up to it’s name; banners of snow were flying high off the nearby peaks from a strong north wind. We had a great smoked salmon breakfast and dragged our feet in camp for a bit to see if the wind would die, and it played ball! The carry was warm and calm, and the group moved great, happy to be free of our sleds, and to have lighter loads.
The weather forecast is sounding stellar for the next handful of days. We’re going to make a game time decision tomorrow morning whether to move to the 14,000’ camp or stay one more day at 11,000’. We’ll let you know!
That’s all for now; we’re going to crawl into our warm down bags and get some shut eye.
RMI Guide Pete Van Deventer and the crew
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Comments
Sounds like a great time! Please give my best to Nick.
Pam
Posted by: Pam on 5/17/2012 at 6:35 pm
Keep going.
Posted by: Richard Coleman on 5/17/2012 at 6:06 pm
Don’t use up all of that good weather. Save some for me!
Posted by: Larry Seaton on 5/17/2012 at 2:25 pm
Smoked salmon for breakfast sounds excellent. Continued good luck to all of you, and especially to Rich, from his fans in San Diego!
Posted by: Lynn on 5/17/2012 at 1:28 pm
Let Carl Devendorf know we are watching through your updates and we know he will summit and return with great stories!
Posted by: Gene Wilkes on 5/17/2012 at 12:00 pm
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