In Talkeetna

I just heard from Greg Nappi from Talkeetna, part of the team is already out, and the rest will be landing in town shortly.   The plan right now is to spend the day walking around Talkeetna eating too much and driving back to Anchorage tomorrow.    

Coming Down

Heidi called this evening from 9,800 ft on the way down to basecamp.  They still have several hours of travel, but they are getting close now.  They should be able to fly out to Talkeetna tomorrow for the 4th of July celebrations.  

Summit on Tuesday!

The team summited yesterday!  It was a beautiful sunny day, but the wind was blowing pretty hard up high, and not everyone made it to the top due to the conditions.  They got back late last night, and Heidi said that the guides were up until almost 3am melting snow and making sure everyone was fed and settled in before going to sleep.  Heidi was just getting up this morning, and they plan to head on down after breakfast.  Everyone did great yesterday, and made it to over 19,700 feet before the wind and cold forced a retreat.  I'm sure they are all exhausted this morning. 

I don't have details right now on who reached the top yesterday, I'll talk to Heidi again tonight and try to get names.