The team moved up and around Windy Corner yesterday. They are tucked into camp at 14,200' in on a large glacial shelf known as Genet Basin. The basin is ringed by huge snow faces and iconic routes and features such as the Messener Couloir, the Orient Express, the Upper West Rib and the Rescue Gully. The team has a great view of the next section of the route, which ascends moderate snow slopes to gain a steep ice face, known as the Headwall. 600' of fixed lines run up this stretch, and the climbers will clip into these lines with ascenders to protect themselves in the event of a slip.
Today is another "active rest day." The crew will sleep late, eat a huge breakfast and then run down hill for about 20 minutes to pick up the cache of food and gear that they left at about 13,500' yesterday. It will take just over an hour to climb back up to camp, so all in all, it will be a pretty mellow day.
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Porki to Mirek:
ReplyDelete" Sleeping late and eating huge breakfast"? :)
Now I am getting dangerously jealous :):):)
I am off.........flying up north.
Hang in there! You are getting close :)
Hi Sheri and Team!!
ReplyDeleteMom and Dad home now, loved the pics, hope you r taking lots yourself, kisses from Poppy,Mom and Holly, hope you's r having a great climb, stay safe, luv you
Mom and Dad
Ty spiochu - jak widze nic sie nie zmienia "Life is good" for some people... :):) Dla mnie jak zwykle mam wolne, pobudka o 4AM :(
ReplyDeleteGrasia
Hej goralu,
ReplyDeletewracaj do hal.... Tesknimy za toba okrutnie, nie ma nawet sie z kim poklocic!!!! Taki jeden rudy to nawet wzrok stracil z wypatrywania za Toba!!!
Trzymamy kcuki
Taka jedna z nizin