Category: Mountaineering

While it was a nice day today according to the internet, PB+J took a well earned rest day to acclimate, rest, and eat!

Breakfast consisted of pancakes, bacon, and maple syrup that Jay cooked for the group. Nom, nom, nom!

A storm front is moving in, but it is not expected to be severe. If it stays mellow, PB+J will head up to high camp at 17,200 feet tomorrow, with the hopes of a summit bid Wednesday or Thursday.  Current route conditions are listed as “Stellar” by the NPS, and summit success rate is up to 22%.

Everyone keep your fingers crossed for good weather!!!!

Lots of activity on the mountain as good weather is holding! It looks like they will have a storm front moving in, but significant storms are not expected. If the weather is good, and the team is feeling good, they will continue to push forward! **Late update on 5/27–Looks like they will take a rest day tomorrow* Continue reading “Cache and Carry!”

Yesterday the team once again woke up to cold temps– this time 0°F.  Brrrrr. They went back to their cache they had buried at 10,000 feet and hauled it back to Camp 2.

After getting the cache to camp, they fortified the walls around their tent.  Whenever they set up camp, they have to build snow walls around the whole tent, as high as the tent, to protect it from the high mountain winds.

I got a message from Jay before bed saying it was dumping snow. The forecasts I saw said today was higher in snow and wind before the weather calms down for a few days, so it might be a rest day for them today. I have not gotten any messages yet,  so we will have to wait and see!

So Far, So Good!

Yesterday, PB+J started what is known as a  “double carry”.  This is where they carried a bunch of their gear (about 200lbs according to the InReach Garmin message) and cached it at 10,000 feet before going back to camp. Continue reading “Gear Cached at 10k Feet– Wow!”

After landing on the glacier at BaseCamp (7,200) around 1:00pm, a few things had to be done.  They cached some drinks (remember that fireball and margaritas?), some food, and some fuel. This is because when the return they may need to wait a day or two (or more if a big storm rolls through) and they don’t want to carry the weight of things they wont be using. Continue reading “Camp 1- Arrived!”