Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Small hitch from the start..

Zach had a minor boot disaster as he was getting on the plane in Talkeetna on Sunday to fly into base camp. He had a zipper blow out on his fancy new La Sportiva Oly Mons boots, which makes them unusable. He was a bit stressed, but we were able to pick up a new pair of boots in Anchorage, and get them flown in to meet them the following day. Hopefully they've got their gear disaster behind them now.

Last night (monday) they called from 7,800ft on the Kahiltna and were hoping to carry their first loads of gear up the NE fork of the Kahiltna heading up to the base of the W. Rib today.

Starting up the NE Fork of the Kahiltna. Photos from previous expeditions.

2 comments:

  1. Yahoo! Happy Belated Birthday Wally...
    What an awesome way to spend it!
    -Bonnie

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  2. Exactly the way Wally would want it to be. Life is good!!! Bonnie, can you tell which one is Wally in the above photo?

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