Another beautiful day—how long will this last—and our last
night travel day. We woke up at 2am again and left by 4am. We followed the same
route as yesterday but past our cache and wound up around onto a final, steep
hill (steeper even than Ski Hill). Joe, our lead guide, had us take a break
before a particularly steep part of the hill. Turns out, we were only 15
minutes from Camp II at that point! He’s such a trickster. We set up our tents
in camp and enjoyed a lunch of crackers and cheese. I had a delicious wasabi
cheddar. I also tried salmon jerky (an Alaskan specialty) for the first time.
Wow! I’m definitely getting more of that when I get off the mountain.
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| Halfway up to Camp II! |
We also caught up with another Mountain Trip team for the
first time on our expedition. They left June 15 and are actually the group that
I met when I came early to the Earth B&B in Anchorage. One of their
clients, a woman I had become friends with, was getting sick from the altitude
and throwing up which was why they had lost a couple days. Hopefully she will
feel better soon so that they can continue up the mountain. Their group has six
clients and two guides. I have been very impressed by the Mountain Trip guides
so far, and these two are no exception. They were funny, fit, smart, nice, and
super friendly. I’m sure we’ll spend more time together when we get up to the
“social” camp: Camp III (14,200ft).
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