denali

Carry up Head Wall Sleep? Not really. I'm gross and I just can't get comfortable at night. Still, I must be sleeping because I'm not really tired, although I was not happy to hear Mike's wake-up call this morning - which was

Back-Carry from Windy Corner I didn't sleep so well last night and most everyone else reported the same thing. It took a while to get warm and then I just couldn't get comfortable. Lots of ice was forming in the tent and falling on the sleeping

Camp 3 to Camp 4 Mike promised a post-sunrise wake-up, but the sun definitely hadn't reached above the ridge yet. It was chilly. I guess you'd think that should be expected, since we're camping on a giant piece of ice, surrounded by snow. Whatever.

Carry to Windy Corner Breakfast was blueberries and poptarts. A rather light breakfast. It drifted quite a bit last night so we're sort of taking our time getting ready this morning - with the hope that some other group will break trail for us. We're loading

Stuck at Camp 3 The plan for today was to haul a bunch of stuff up past Windy Corner (called a "carry"), but, as usual, the weather sucks. In lieu of anything more entertaining to do, and since the weather is getting bad, we're going to

Camp 2 to Camp 3 The weather doesn't suck any more! We're pushing on. Breakfast this morning is more of that granola cereal and granola bars. Uggh. We're going to break down camp and head on up to 11k camp. -- Death becomes me.

Stuck at Camp 2 It snowed a lot last night - or maybe the wind just blew snow on us from elsewhere. Breakfast this morning is scrambled eggs (rehydrated, of course), which really aren't very good, but we also brought along some bacon. Everyone got five strips. Bacon

Stuck at Camp 2 I'm awake but very much still inside my sleeping bag. It sounds like its a nice day - I mean, the tent isn't blowing in the wind or anything. If its still crappy out, I'd prefer to just not get

Stuck at Camp 2 Whoa. So, a bit of a shock. Every morning the weather has been so beautiful - you almost expect to see birds chirping in the trees - if there were trees. This morning it is overcast and snowing. Snow! Such an inconvenience: it just gets on

Camp 1 to Camp 2 Second night on the glacier, and nothing terribly interesting to report. Sleeping on a foam pad with a therm-a-rest on top of it is surprisingly comfortable. Of course, I sleep on a couch when I'm not on mountains, so maybe I just don&