Spoke w/ Todd via. Satellite phone – Sunday, June 28^th – 12:15PM  Denver time – 10:15AM Denali………

 

Day 10 - Sunday, June 28th - The team is taking a well deserved & needed rest day at Camp III / 14,200 ft.   Fred's cough is somewhat better. Todd said the team is taking a full rest day w/ plans of everyone moving to High Camp IV / 17,200 ft. on Monday.  High Camp, which tends to cluster around the vicinity of Rescue Gully is on the barren, windswept plateau at the East end of the West Buttress looking down on the 14,200 ft. camp.  High Camp is also the windiest and coldest and demands the most fortification against the elements.  The team plans to either take a rest day at Camp IV / 17,200 ft. on Tuesday, if needed, or go for the summit - 20,320 ft.  If the team takes a rest day at 17,200 on Tuesday they will go for the summit on Wednesday. 

 

**Weather - MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY - LOW AT 17,000 FT...10 BELOW. WINDS FROM 17,000 FT TO THE SUMMIT...SOUTH 20 MPH OR LESS.
TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY - HIGH AT 17,000 FT...5 BELOW - WINDS FROM 17,000 FT TO THE SUMMIT...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 MPH BECOMING WEST.
OUTLOOK WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...WARMER. PARTLY CLOUDY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. CLEARING ON FRIDAY. SUMMIT WINDS WEST 20 MPH OR LESS BECOMING NORTHEAST 20 MPH THU.

**More information & updates as I receive them.  VEB.........