Finally a post...

Apologies for not having a post earlier. Technical difficulties here, but they are doing great on the mountain.

Yesterday (Tuesday) they moved up to camp 1 at 7,800 ft with all of their gear, food, fuel, etc. for a 20 day expedition. As you might imagine these are pretty big loads. Peter said they all did great and travelled the 6 miles from basecamp to Camp 1 in just about 5 1/2 hours.

Today they packed it all up again and move up the glacier a bit further, to camp at 9,800 ft. This is a camp in between the normal Camp 1 and Camp 2 at 11,200 ft. They decided they could carry it all in one push, so they'll move on up to Camp 2 tomorrow. It sounds like they've got a strong team and they are doing great.

So far they've been getting up very early (2 am) and travelling before the sun really warms up the snow making the trail soft and travel more difficult. As they move up the mountain the temps are a bit colder and they'll be able to sleep in to a more reasonable hour.

Here's a pic of one of our guides hauling loads on the lower Kahiltna glacier just to give you an idea of what the pack/sled combo looks like.