14200 FT - Strong and Healthy Climbers!!!

Hello Fellow Virtual Climbers,

Sorry for the lack of information on this trip.  I have been unable to blog on a regular basis like I was able to last year.  Anyways...here are the latest voice mails.  As of today the team is doing great.  Everyone is healthy and strong.  Not sure what April means by the Denali pain train.  Maybe some of Bobby's humor...hahaha

Back at 14200 feet.  Everything beyond this point will be uncharted territories for the trio.  Last year at this stop April and Bobby were met by massive snow fall (and a small cut on bobby's leg) The weather forced them to decent and the trip was over.  It appears that the weather might start getting in this teams way.  But we will not talk about the weather!!

Voicemail from 7/1 @ 12:25AM

Voicemail from 6/29 @8:37PM

Voicemail from 6/29 @12:22AM


Lets recap the current adventure to 14200ft.  Everything from here on out will be new for everyone.

• They flew on to the Glacier and went to base camp it was raining....and raining....and raining 7200ft
• From base camp the team walked down heartbreak hill then up to camp 1 at 7800ft
• Then the trio went directly to 11,200ft.  Chief Bobby is really working those troops
• Cache at 13500ft by Mike and Bobby
• Team is currently at 14200ft

Here is a link to a video of someone while they were climbing Windy Corner....sounds pretty windy.....dress warm! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6kU3Sp7tqE

Today's Weather Report:

...7 THOUSAND FEET TO 14 THOUSAND FEET... ...WIND SPEEDS LESS THAN 20 MPH ARE NOT INCLUDED... .MONDAY...SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 6 INCHES. HIGH AT 14 THOUSAND FEET...15 ABOVE. WINDS AT 14 THOUSAND FEET...SOUTH 35 MPH. .MONDAY NIGHT...SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 6 INCHES. LOW AT 14 THOUSAND FEET...5 ABOVE. WINDS AT 14 THOUSAND FEET...SOUTH 20 MPH. .TUESDAY...SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 6 INCHES. HIGH AT 14 THOUSAND FEET...15 ABOVE. ...ABOVE 14 THOUSAND FEET... .MONDAY...SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 6 INCHES. HIGH AT 17 THOUSAND FEET...5 ABOVE. WINDS FROM 17 THOUSAND FEET TO THE SUMMIT...SOUTH 40 MPH. .MONDAY NIGHT...SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 6 INCHES. LOW AT 17 THOUSAND FEET...5 BELOW. WINDS FROM 17 THOUSAND FEET TO THE SUMMIT...SOUTH 25 MPH. .TUESDAY...SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 6 INCHES. HIGH AT 17 THOUSAND FEET...ZERO. WINDS FROM 17 THOUSAND FEET TO THE SUMMIT...SOUTH 15 MPH. .OUTLOOK WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW. SUMMIT WINDS SOUTHWEST 20 MPH OR LESS.

Climbing Stats as of June 26th 

Climbing Statistics as of June 26, 2013	Mt. McKinley	Mt. Foraker
Number of Registered Climbers	1,120	12
Climbers Currently On Mountain	283	0
Completed Climbs	807	12
Number of Summits	619	6
Summit Percentage	77%	50%