Guides: Angela Seidling, Andrew Yasso, Ben Gardner
Climbers: David Bradley (UK), Christopher Bradley (UK), Michael Buttery (UK), Mary Mears (Alaska), Carol Akerson (Alaska), Loren St. Amand (Alaska), Tim Erdman (Oregon), Dan Fiorito (Washington), Adam MacDonald (Canada/Australia)
Angela Seidling called at 2:20 PST on May 23, 2012 with the following dispatch:
“Hi, It’s Angela. We’re making good progress! Yesterday we ascended the fixed lines above Camp 3 and cached food and fuel at 16,200 feet to prepare for a trip up to high camp. It was a classic Denali day … cold temps, wind, snow. And the team did great. It was definitely a hard day of climbing and everyone stayed psyched.
“We’re all a little melancholy though … we were sad to see three members of our mountain family head down. The cook tent is a little less lively at dinner time.
“So … today we’re taking a rest day, but we’ll be working to fortify the camp … build a few walls, reinforce others. There’s a little bit of weather coming in. So we’ll just have to hunker down and wait for a window.
“Take care, over and out!”