Team 7, Travis and The Mules reaches High Camp and savors a special meal topped with Ritz crackers as they prepare for their summit bid tomorrow.

Hey everyone, Seth here with Alp 7, Travis and the Mules. Another stellar day in the Alaska Range and the winds finally calmed down, we were able to make our move up to high camp at 17,200 feet. Everyone is in the tents right now. We just had an awesome cheesy, broccoli, potato, High Camp special meal with some Ritz crackers. It’s really the Ritz crackers that make it so good. But folks are psyched and we’re looking forward to walking up to the top of Denali tomorrow if everything goes to plan. Everyone is doing well and we’ll talk to you tomorrow, bye.

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