Mt. McKinley: Billy Nugent and Team Move to 17,000’
Hey, this is Solveig checking in for Billy, Mike, Tim and Drew from Mt. McKinley. Yesterday we packed up camp at 14,000’ and had a great move to our high camp at 17,300 feet. The first part of the move we enjoyed calm winds and warm sunshine. It was a lot of fun to be climbing in such great conditions. However, about two-thirds of the way up to high camp we were hit by 30 -45 mile per hour winds which persisted all the way into camp. There were a lot of teams camped at 17,000’ when we arrived but we found an area to build our camp and spent the next three hours digging ten platforms and building walls to protect our tents. One particularly strong gust knocked over our completed wall.
We began cooking dinner and settling in and the winds subsided. We enjoyed a calm evening inside the protection of our tents and surrounding sturdy walls.
Today we are eating and resting and enjoying light winds and good weather.
Tim wanted to wish his mom a “Happy Birthday”.
RMI Guide Solveig Garhart
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Comments (3)
Sounds like a good day, exhausting but good! Hope you can all rest.
We are thinking of you and looking forward to hearing all about it. Enjoy!!
Love, Mom
Posted by: Shirl on
Solveig and Team- Great to hear you are at high camp enjoy the rest!! Wish I was with you! Love Dad
Posted by: Jim Garhart on
Michael - Awesome to hear from the Team. Such wonderful news that the weather cooperated so you could move up to high camp. Funny that the wind blew your wall over! Rest up…Stay warm…The best is yet to come!
Love - Mom
Posted by: Kathleen Esposito on