A successful carry to the "Corner"

The view of the West Buttress from just above the today's cache site.

The team packed up all their extra food, fuel and high altitude clothing and carried it all up to 10,200' today. We call this "making a carry." They dug a pretty deep hole in the snow, tossed all their extra kit in it and buried it so the ravens could not dig into their supplies. Ravens have been known to dig three feet into the snow to get climbers' food!

They then turned around and headed back to Camp 1 where they will spend the night. They do this to allow their bodies to adjust to the new altitude more easily. The concept is know as "carry high and sleep low" and has proven successful on big mountains for decades.

Everyone is doing great and is excited to move to Camp 2 at 11,200' tomorrow.