On The Muldrow Glacier

Descending Karsten's Ridge (Dave Ahrens photo)

Chris just called in to report that they safely negotiated the steep and tricky Karsten's Ridge. The team is camped at 10,000 feet on the Muldrow Glacier and will hike out to the tundra tonight.

They pulled a BIG day from 18,000' down to the spot where they are now camped. I suspect that some team members discovered new levels of endurance that they may not have know they possessed. Today they will sleep in the warm sun that is basking their tents and hopeflly the night will be a clear, cold one, which will make negotiating the wild, Muldrow Glacier a more simple task. For climbers reading these posts who are familiar with the relatively benign Kahiltna Glacier, the Muldrow is like a Disneyland of huge crevasses and tricky icefalls.

We'll keep our fingers crossed that they get a cold night to travel through and that they stay above the crevasses.

Good work guys!!!