“Last Seconders” Manages the Traffic and Places a Cache
Once again Team Last Second crawled out of their tents after first light hit their tents. They had heard the commotion of teams leaving all morning in the bitter sub zero cold. As the team went to our dining tent the line of all the teams were cued up to move and cache. We ate several breakfast bagel sandwiches and had a cup of coffee for the road. the teams that left in the early cold.
Our team went up the entire fixed line without any traffic and caught all of the teams that left in the early cold. We buried a cache and got back down with no descent line traffic, to eat and enjoy the sun at camp.
“Drag Queens” Prepares for their Summit Push at 17,000 ft!
“Four-wheeled Tricycle” Wraps Up their Stay at 11 Camp and Continues to Climb
Four-wheeled tricycle (FWT) has installed a cache at Windy Corner and is planning to move to 14k tomorrow.We’ve been enjoying great skiing at 11 camp for the last two days!
“Hot Hands, Cold Play” hits High Camp at 17,000 ft
“Last Seconders” working hard, eating well at 14 Camp
The Last Seconders crawled out of their tents when the light hit their tents at 14k ft. It was a bitter cold night. Our instruments said the air temperature was -6F at dawn. We had a brunch of endless French toast. Some team members remarked it was the coldest night they had spent yet in their lives.
We laid all of our gear on our tents and dried bags and boots and jackets inundated by the week of foul weather. We trained for 4 hours on ascension and descending the fixed lines. We had an all-you-can-eat steak dinner with taters and soup and still had 5 pounds of frozen steaks left. I warned them they would all get the beef sweats!
Outstanding program (as have been all of my Alpine Ascents climbs). Our guide has excellent leadership skills. Our assistant was careful not to overstep his role as assistant guide but I am confident he will be a strong leader when he is lead guide.
