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July 4, 2005
8:00 AM, Report to the Ranger Station of our safe return and the
successful climb and deployment of the weather station.
Roll into Fairbanks around 1:30 PM.
Finally the adventure is over!
July 3, 2005
8:30 AM, The crew waits for the flight back to Talkeetna.
Low clouds prevent any planes from landing on the glacier.
6:30 PM, The final members of the team are flown out off the glacier to
Talkeetna.
8:00 PM, The team reunites at Talkeetna airport and congratulates each
other on their safe return from the mountain.
8:30 PM, The Japanese members of the team heads down to Anchorage.
July 2, 2005
Leave camp early afternoon, headed to the Landing point at the base of
Mt. Hunter.
After retrieving the cache at 11,000 ft (Motorcycle Hill) the crew
continues on to the landing point on skies.
11:00 PM, all of the members makes it safely to the Landing Point (Base
Camp).
July 1, 2005
The crew takes one day off to recuperate and organize gear before their
final decent.
Eating lots of food and relaxing to regain strength.
June 30, 2005
Exhausted from yesterdays hike, the crew gets a slow start on the
decent to Medical camp.
Around 7:00 PM they reach the Medical Camp at 14,000 ft.
June 29, 2005
After 3 days of waiting, due to strong winds above Denali Pass, the
crew makes their move upward to the weather station.
Around 12:30 the crew reaches the weather station and started working
in 25+ mph wind. The first test transmission from the weather station
started at 2:30 PM.
The successful transmission was confirmed by Kevin via satellite phone.
4:00 PM, The winds became calmer and the crew heads to the summit from
the weather station.
9:30 PM, The crew makes it to the summit!
2:30 AM, The crew safely hikes back to High camp, everyone in
relatively good health.
June 28, 2005
The crew is still at High Camp today where they have been delayed due to snowy weather. Although it has now cleared, it is presently too windy to move up the mountain to the Weather Station. The forecast calls for the winds to abate for the next couple of days, so they are hoping to continue tomorrow. They hope to activate the weather station by the afternoon of the 29th.
June 24, 2005
At Medical Camp the climbers enjoyed a day of rest. They had a successful carry-up to High Camp on the 23rd. On the 25th they plan to go up to High Camp and will be working on the Weather Station on Sunday. Everyone is glad it is a rest day but all are doing okay. The weather is pleasant and warm; they are above the clouds today. This has been a very snowy trip so far.
June 22, 2005
It has continued to snow, but the group reached Medical Camp at
14,400 ft. Tomorrow they will start transferring supplies to High
Camp in preparation for the final climb to the Weather Station. The crew will then return
to Medical Camp to rest for a day before continuing. They hope
to reach the Station in about 3 days. Both of the weather station transmitters
were tested and the equipment is functioning at this point.
June 21, 2005
The group is at Windy Corner after being snowed in for 3
days. They are on their way to Medical Camp.
June 18, 2005
The climbers are at 11,000 ft. They were slowed down a bit
by snow, but think they will reach Medical Camp in 2-3 days.
June 16, 2005
On a satellite phone from 9600 feet on Denali, Tohru Saito
reported that the group is doing fine. The climbers are at Camp 2 and heading to
Camp 3, located at 11,000 ft. They hope to reach Medical Camp in 2-3 days.
June 12, 2005
Climbers from IARC and Japan began the trek to replace the Mt. McKinley weather
station equipment.
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