Vinson Team is ready to move!

 

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Hi everybody this is Ben and Don calling in here from Vinson low camp at just over 9000 feet. We had a great rest day today here, just calm weather and temp. We did some skills review review, we reviewed how to use our tools that will take us to high camp, and we’re planning on doing that tomorrow. Looks like the forecast is decent we’ll get another update tomorrow to make the final decision before we take down tents and cache them here before we depart and we’re hoping for good weather forecast for the next several days. The team is doing well. Its good to have an extra day here to help acclimatize. The weather’s looking good. Thanks for following along and we’ll talk to you again tomorrow!

 

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