Pirates of the Carabiners start up some steeper terrain

 

Hi this is Nick on Denali with the Pirates of the Carabiners. We are continuing to make our way up the mountain we made our way up to roughly 9400 feet today just kinda slowly grinding our way up, we’ve had a bit of a mix of different weather with some winds this morning. It eventually let up for a mostly pretty pleasant journey up here little bit of sun little bit of cloud just what we needed. So everybody’s feeling pretty good- little fatigue from our efforts today starting to make our way up some steeper hills but everybody’s handling it really well and having a good time looking forward to have a nice tasty meal, Jake is in the kitchen right now prepping up something extra special I’m sure. Anyway just wanted to touch base and let you all know what we’re up to out here. That’s it for now check back in later for more stories from the Pirates of the Carabiners.

 

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