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Denali Team 4: May 20 to June 9 – Dispatch # 3

Wednesday, May 23, 2012' at 9:24pm
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Guides: Paul Ivaska, Jeremy Allyn, Paul Rachele

Climbers: Manish Kumar (New York), Brian Burkholder (MIssissippi), Jeff Smith (UK), Roland Thomas (UK), Michael Palij (UK), Jane Amies (UK), Greg Umbach (Canada), Lloyd Cook (Canada)

Jeremy Allyn called at about 1:15 pm PST with this dispatch:

“Hey, it’s Jeremy…  We are digging our cache hole at about 10,500 feet, just below Kahiltna Pass.  We sledded some food and fuel up from 7800′ under mostly clear skies, a super nice day, really.  Made it up here in about four hours.  We were pretty surprised that the morning dawned clear … we had 3 inches of snow yesterday moving to Camp 1 and over last night.

“So back to Camp 1 this afternoon … already looking forward to Mediterranean Cous-cous.  Then we’ll move up to Camp 2 at 11,200 tomorrow.

“Andrew Yasso is with us … he had taken Michael, Carol, and David from his team back to the airstrip … he hitched a ride with us today and is hitching on with another team now to rejoin his group at 14.

“Gotta go.  Take Care.”

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