At 14,000'

The team had a successful move to the 14,200' camp yesterday. They made it into camp in the early afternoon and found a nice new home which only required small modifications to existing tent platforms. This is always nice as building a new camp from scratch at 14,200' is hard work. 

Today is a rest day for the team. The camp at 14,200' often feels like a small town. On a nice day you can wander around in down booties and socialize with other teams. The park service's medical facilities are also at this camp and this provides another social hub.  The weather is posted here daily on a white board and climbers often congregate around this point. 

The group plans to carry to 16,200' tomorrow. This is a major transition point of the trip where you switch from walking up the lower glacier dragging heavy sleds to more technical climbing involving climbing the fixed lines. The good news is the sleds get left behind at 14,200'. After the carry the team will take another rest day on Wednesday and then they will be ready to move up to 17,200 (high camp) weather permitting. 

We will keep you posted.