Thursday, July 8, 2010
Wind and weather
It was a windy day up high on Denali today and our Ski team had to wait it out at high camp. It was just breezy at 17,200 ft, but up above the winds were "Nuking" as reported this morning by Durny. It's been a stormy stretch of weather up high, a friend of ours who is guiding another trip for AMS has been at high camp for a week now without getting a chance to go to the top. Hopefully our team will have better luck in the next few days. They are all doing great, rested and somewhat acclimated and ready to go when the weather breaks. That's all they can do at this point is be ready and hope for good weather.
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Mariah is currently giving the mountain top fits, and she must stop immediately! I really don't know why they named the wind after a woman but I guess it makes sense if you know what I mean. At 17,500' there have been spottings of the rare and unusual Google Eyed Mountain Monkey similar to the Yeti, but much rarer. They seem to blend in with ski teams and you never know they are there until you start missing chocolate. Ask Mel she knows all about the little critters. Best of luck with that wind, some rocks in the pockets might help. Mel's Dad aka The Dad.
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