Zach left the following message minutes ago. The weather at the airstrip has not permitted the team to fly out, so they are in a sort of "hurry up and wait" state...
There is a Base Camp manager who monitors the conditions in the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna, where the airstrip is located. She has a radio phone connection to the air taxi services in Talkeetna as well as VHF radio contact with the planes flying overhead. She is the de facto air traffic control in a manner of speaking, and has a keen sense of when it is safe to fly. Our guides have a habit of bringing her fresh fruit and flowers in an ongoing effort to keep us on her good side!
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It's great news that you bagged the summit and are all back safely at Base Camp. We can't wait to hear all your stories and see your pics. Fantastic!!!! We still haven't received news of the seven that summitted and there are a lot of interested people back here in Durham (UK) waiting with baited breath and champagne cocks ready to pop .... Love to all John and Ruth
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