Pre-Climb - Day 5
May 7 Summary

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The weather seems perfect to fly here at Silver City and the team is all ready and excited anticipating the climb ahead. Yesterday the pilot was able to fly a team of climbers close to Mount Logan, but shy of our route at Kings Trench. The good news is that with this team closer to the mountain they will be able to provide more accurate reports on Mount Logan. Unfortunately, through the day the weather did not improve and we were unable to fly any of our team up to Base Camp.

We are staying at a campground in Silver City waiting for the weather to open up. Len, Adam, Travis and Stephanie were sleeping in their tents while the rest of the team slept in a lodge with 4 bunk beds and 6 beds. Called ‘Kluane Base Camp’, the facilities are excellent with a cookhouse, showers and full bathrooms. We had a great dinner of Shepherds pie with ice cream for dessert. Even with the mountains in front of us, the team is enjoying the comforts around us, hoping and knowing that our time on the glacier is coming soon.

The team had a great game of scrabble with Josh pulling off a win by using his 7 letters to come up with ‘shuttles’ with Shawn a close 2nd with his choice word ‘beers’. Overall a great day with lots of excitement; we can only hope the weather breaks soon and we start to fly up.

James