They are still at base camp waiting for a chance to fly out. It was cloudy and rainy most of the day in Talkeetna, and clouds blew in and out of base camp. The team is going a bit crazy sitting at bc now and are quite anxious to get home. We hope they'll be able to fly out this afternoon, the weather is supposed to break up and the clouds lift a bit later today.
Yesterday afternoon they moved about 3/4 mile up the glacier to the "Upper Airstrip" where they will get picked up by the ski planes. They have a lot of food and extra equipment that was left at base camp, so the guide team made several laps to shuttle all the loads. They aren't in danger of running out of food or fuel, but I'm sure the base camp beer supply is getting low.
We'll be waiting for them in Talkeetna when they arrive to whisk them back to Anchorage and hope to catch flights home tonight.
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