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Team 10: 14,200' - Sunday, June 30, 2002
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Szundy
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Hey MountainZoners, this is Matt Szundy calling from 14,2 with Alp 10, Da Fine Dieters. We made a carry today to 16,200' cache, we carried a load of food and fuel up there, up the fixed lines and had a fantastic day. It was wild weather today, a lot of lenticulars, a big lens shaped lenticular cloud off the summit of Denali, as well as (unintelligible) Mount Hunter.

"...it's kind of hard to keep them from wanting to move to high camp at this point..."

The weather has been sort of in and out, and they're calling for higher winds in the next couple of days. Nevertheless, we are keen, the whole team did really well in the carry today. Everyone's feeling really strong, and it's kind of hard to keep them from wanting to move to high camp at this point.

Tomorrow's going to be a rest day for us. We're going to acclimatize here at 14,2 another day and hike out to th edge of the world, and poke around camp here, build wind walls, that sort of thing. So, just wanted to touch base with the friends and family out there who are keeping track of us and to let them know that we are thinking about you, and we are in good spirits, and everybody is doing really well.

So for now, this is Matt from 14,2 and we'll talk to you soon. Take care.

Matt Szundy, Alpine Ascents International Guide and MountainZone.com Correspondent