Bill Allen's June 10th team arrives at Camp 3

I heard from Bill yesterday and his team arrived at Camp 3 (14,200') yesterday in the early afternoon. They made good time up from Camp 2 at 11,200, arriving in just five hours. Bill said everyone was doing well and moving strongly.

It's raining in Anchorage today and the report from Base Camp is that it's stormy and raining up there as well. The team is scheduled to drop down from Camp 3 to pick up a cache of gear that they left at 13,700' two days ago. They should be able to do this in most any kind of weather, so hopefully that can stay on schedule.

A key to maximizing your chances of summitting Denali is to save your allotted weather days (and their associated food and fuel) for High Camp. You can only get to the top from High Camp, so it helps if you can arrive up there without having lost too many days.