Denali 2022: Donari Six Pack hikes to Camp 1

 

Hi friends this is Don Wargowsky from team Donari 6 Pack. We had a great day today had a restful morning at base camp and then the team hiked up the huge Kalhitna glacier and we are currently talking to you from Camp one at 7600 feet on the Kalhitna glacier. The team is doing great they moved well today everybody is sitting happy and healthy. Tomorrow we’re planning to do our first double carry where we’ll take some of our equipment up to about 10,000 feet and stash it on the glacier and come back down here and spend the night. Everybody’s doing a fantastic job, very proud of the team so far and I think that we’re gonna do well in expedition, we had beautiful weather and hopefully that will continue! Look forward to talking to you soon. Cheers

 

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