Denali Expedition: Smith and Team move to 11,000’ Camp
Posted by: Hannah Smith, Devin Guffey, Josh Geiser
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Denali
Elevation: 11,200'
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Friday, June 8, 2024 8:43 pm PDT
Good evening readers!
We are writing to you from 11k Camp. Our day started early with an alpine start thinking it was going to be the wee hours of the morning when the weather would clear. That turned out to be incorrect. We woke to white all around us. We were in a cloud. You could barely see the tents up glacier. We dragged our feet and took a nap. After a few hours the clouds started to lift so we packed up our camp.
The walking was tough today. The trail Had been blown in with lots of snow. The trail breaking was slow and exhausting but we made hung in there and rolled into 11k Camp. Feels good to be higher on the mountain. Just one step closer to our goal. At dinner we filled our bellies with Annie's Mac and Cheese and now we are all ready for a much-deserved sleep. We are all looking forward to uninterrupted sleep tonight. Tomorrow we will head back downhill to our cache to be reunited with our gear.
Goodnight, all!
RMI Guide Hannah Smith and Team
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Comments (6)
Nothing to it but to do it. Onward and upwards
Posted by: PCash on
Nice, guys! What a beautiful picture! Shane, hopefully that dried broccoli went right in the mac nom nom. Excited for the next update!
Posted by: Tara Kallembach on
Blog doesn’t like my messages. Gah! OKAY! No emojis and no asterisks. Fourth try. I hope you guys are having a blast! It’s been fun getting up before 7am every morning to walk dogs before the heat sets in. Keeping cool in 100 degree weather is an adventure! The house is fully of dog hair and sad puppy eyes, and yes the fish are still alive. And I got your delivery, Scott. Thought you guys might like the update on your four legged girls cuz I know you miss them! Have fun up there!
Posted by: Stephanie Jones on
But anyway
Posted by: Jones on
Scott and Peter, your dogs are ridiculous. Mariah thinks the cement turtle is the real one - each time we have a Zoom sighting, she goes straight for the fake one. Luna tries to eat flies. And Ivy constantly has to make sure that she’s my #1.
Posted by: Steph Jones on
Thanks for the updates. Happy to hear you all made it the next step. Shane I’m sure you’re loving the Mac n cheese.
Posted by: Sonny Digiovanna on