July 9, 2007

The climbers are all back safe and sound. The weather station is now transmitting temperature and air pressure but no wind speed because they were unable to save the tripod that had busted off of the rock last year. Tohru thinks that heavy icing and strong wind pulled the tripod over so far that the cables broke. When they found it, it was leaning with only one leg attached. They did their best to remedy the situation and attach the new sensors to the rocks. The old data logger has been sent to Climatec in Japan so any data can be downloaded and sent over to reconstruct what happened.

The climber who was taken down the mountain has recovered well. He was with the group that made it to the summit, so everyone is happy.

Stay tuned to the McKinley Weather Station website for more details.

July 3, 2007 - 11pm

Tohru called and said that it took them 16 hours to get from Medical Camp back to Landing Point due to bad weather conditions and very icy snow. He said that it was like ice skating down the mountain and they had to snow plow the whole way. But, everyone is safe and they were hoping that the weather would open up so they could catch a flight back to Talkeetna this morning. The weather in Talkeetna is not great, so they may have to wait until conditions improve. They have not heard anything more regarding the condition or whereabouts of the climber who was flown out, so they are eager to get news of that.
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悪天候と、氷のような雪面のため、Medical Campから離着陸地点まで、16時間かかった。まるで、山をアイススケートして下りているようであり、全工程雪の中、道を開きながら進まなければならなかった。しかし、みな無事で、天気さえ晴れれば今朝にでもタルキートナへ帰るセスナに乗れることを願っている。タルキートナの天候はあまりよくないので、メンバーは状況がよくなるまで待たなければならないかもしれない。高山病で下りたメンバーについての症状やどこにいるか、などの情報をなにも得ていないので、どうにか情報収集にかかりたい、とのこと。

July 2, 2007 - 11:20 am

Tohru called from Medical Camp, everyone is safe after an arduous trip from High Camp to Medical Camp due to the white out conditions and no break in the wind. They will try to move down to landing point later today. One climber had to be flown out to Talkeetna due to high altitude sickness and pulmonary edema - he is alright and recovering well - his condition was never extreme but they flew him out early as a precaution.
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Medical Campからの連絡。ホワイトアウト、でしかも、風は休みなく吹き続ける厳しい条件であったが、皆無事にHigh CampからMedical Campへと下りてきた。今日遅くに、離着陸地点まで下りる予定である。メンバーの一人は、高山病と肺水腫のため、Talkeetnaまで(ヘリコプターで)運ばれなくてはならなかった。彼は無事で、回復してきているおり、決して極端な状態ではないが、大事を取ってTalkeetnaへ早めに送った。