Well, the rumors of two days ago were indeed correct. The team made the summit on the 1st of July and descended to Camp 3 at 14,200' yesterday. They left Camp 3 in the evening and were going to try to push all the way to Base Camp. They are hoping to fly this morning, but a quick check of Talkeetna Air Taxi's Webcam of the Range does not look too favorable for getting out anytime soon.
Everyone made the summit except Cheryl and Mike. Cheryl stayed back at Camp 3 and Mike descended from High Camp with the sick climber from the other team that I mentioned in a previous post. Don't fret, Mike is fine. Sometimes spending a long time on a big, challenging mountain gives one pause for reflection and a reconsideration of one's priorities. They both flew off the glacier a couple of days ago.
Hopefully the team had an uneventful hike down the lower glacier. I heard that conditions on the Kahiltna have improved a bit from what they were like a week ago. I'll make one last post when we hear that they all flew off the mountain.
Congratulations to everyone for a hard worked, well earned summit.
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Ania - I'm so proud of you and so pleased for you in achieving your aim. Well done to you and everyone else in the team and to the guides who've helped you safely negotiate such an awesome mountain. Looking forward so much to seeing you - a well-deserved half of shandy and shot of ice-cold vodka are waiting for you!
Todd - thanks for all the postings. I've felt more engaged in this climb than in Ania's other ones.
"Ground level bloggers" - I've enjoyed sharing the news with you and it's been good to know that others are praying just as hard as I am for the safe return of our loved ones. I bet you're just as proud of all of them as I am of Ania.
What an adventure - I hope the last steps and flights home are made safely.
Nigel
Mr. & Mrs Cookie, Congratulations!!!! You made it!!! of course we all knew that.
Denise, was wondering if your toes are red, white and blue right now?
Miss you... hurry back.
Hugs and kisses to both of you.
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