At Camp 2!

The team moved up to Camp 2 yesterday and are taking a rest day today. The rest day will help the climbers acclimatize more fully to this new altitude and help them when they move up to Camp 3 in the next couple of days.

Camp 2 is located in a stunning, glacial valley. It is surrounded by huge ice faces and teetering ice cliffs. They crew can look up at the moderately steep hill above camp, called Motorcycle Hill. Tomorrow, they will have a chance to carry big packs up this hill, as they make a carry up and around Windy Corner, an infamous stretch of the route, that can either be a beautiful "walk in the Par," or a violently windy stretch where winds screaming across the South Face stream around to the west side of Denali. Let's hope for the former!