Camp 1 7,800ft

They're off...   The June 1 Mountain Trip expedition flew in late on Monday afternoon to basecamp, and got started climbing yesterday.   They moved to camp 1 about 5 miles up the Kahiltna glacier from the landing strip.   Today they carried a load of food, fuel, and extra supplies to about 10,000 feet where they dug a hole in the snow and cached it to pick up later.  They will move up to the next camp at 11,000 ft tomorrow, then return to pick the cache up the following day.  This is going to be the general strategy to work their way up the mountain.  They break their loads up into two different carries, and it allows them time to acclimate to the progressively higher altitudes.  

Sean(guide) brought Manny down to basecamp yesterday afternoon, and he has already flown out to Taleetna.   He is healthy, he was just ready to come down.  Sean will return to catch up to the team today.