14,000 ft Camp

I got the call last night from Dave Ahrens from 14,000 feet.   The team is doing great, and this morning they will sleep in a bit before heading downhill to pick up their cache from 13,500 feet. We call this a "back carry" and it is usually a pretty easy, active-rest day.  

They can now see the upper mountain, and from this camp the top finally seems in striking distance.   From the 14,000 camp they are looking over the top of Mount Hunter, which towered above them from base camp.   It really starts to feel like you are high on a very big mountain when you get to this height.   They will spend several nights at this camp, carrying a load to the ridge at 16,000 ft, and setting up for the push to high camp and the summit.