A bit too windy up at Windy Corner to move up the mountain, so Team Crack Exposure had some fun in the sun playing cornhole at 11 Camp

Hello, this is Dennis calling in with an update for Team Crack Exposure.

It’s been another day hanging out at 11 Camp today. It was a little windy but did show some signs of improving today. We actually got some sun, the wind dropped down enough that the team got out and played some cornhole, some fun in the sun.

It was a little too windy up at Windy Corner to make a move though, but we’re hopeful for tomorrow, that the improving weather will continue and we’ll be able to move up to 14 tomorrow. So that’s our plan. I think we’re light enough to not worry about a cache, so we’re going to push all the way to 14 and try to make camp there tomorrow morning.

So that’s all from us at the moment. We’ll give you another update and see how we go tomorrow. Thanks for listening, bye.

Photo: Brien Sheedy
Photo: Brien Sheedy

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