Mt. McKinley: Haugen & Team Retrieve Supplies
Another early wake up to good weather; good weather for Denali anyway. The skies were a bit overcast and light snows were falling but the winds were calm. We did a "back carry" today. This means that we went from our 11,000' camp back down to retrieve our cache at 10,000'. We bury our caches well over a meter deep so the ravens don't get into our food if the warm days melt the snow. Our strong team ascended back up to camp with style and spent another afternoon sport eating in the posh house (cook tent).
RMI Guide Mike Haugen
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Jeff the temp has dropped to 80F today and lots of rain. We will probably need to build a fire tonight.
Posted by: Allen on
Ravens, huh? Those things are scary. Meanwhile, I’m stuck out here in 100 degree Walnut Creek with wild turkeys…Thinking about you all.
Posted by: Yashu on
Best of luck Mike for you and your group of climbers. Hope your climb ends up at the summit with everyone safe and well.
Doug & Nancy
Posted by: Doug & Nancy Meyer on