3-Day Muir Climb — Moving up to High Camp

W Yesterday mostly sunny skies and cooling winds allowed our entire team to ascend successfully to Camp Muir in pleasant climbing weather. 

Our forecasted storm system moved in over night, arriving with some winds, thunder, lightning, and some snow above 10,000′. 
Currently, our team is all in good spirits and practicing snow school this morning while we are planning to move up to High Camp at Ingraham Flats shortly. 
Weather for our summit day will dictate what our team does from there, but we are setting ourselves up to be in position in case the snow and inclement weather allows a good climbing window.
-Jayson 

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