Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Carrried to 13,200'

The crew reported in last night around 5:30pm from 11 camp to report on their day's activities. They carried loads up to 13,200' and got back into camp in the daily heat. Lower on the glacier climbers often go onto a different schedule to avoid the heat of the day, which can be very intense because of the reflectivity of snow; temperatures can range towards 100 degrees F over a 24 hour period. Climbers of course have layers upon layers of clothes on, and while it can be very cold in the mornings at 11 camp the sun quickly turns the glacial basin into a sun-powered oven. Jacob reported it was hot going across the polo fields towards Windy Corner, so most likely Team Moniz ended the day feeling the heat pulling back into camp. Nothing a few lites of water and some R & R couldn't handle.
The plan calls for a rest day today, which the team has earned with their strong performance over the last few days- rest days involve a lot of sleeping, eating and drinking water. By the time you read this the team should just be waking up. Jacob reports that eveyone is feeling just fine and Matt is looking strong and psyched.

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