Made it to Talkeetna

We made it to Talkeetna, Alaska, with no incidents, and are about to eat dinner at a local eatery. 

The weather is looking favorable through Saturday, right now, so we should be flying to the glacier tomorrow, as planned.  It turns out that the base camp for receiving climbers onto the glacier isn't set up, yet.  They'll be doing that, tomorrow.  We're not the first climbers going to the mountain, but we're definitely on the leading edge!

Denali schedule

Again, here is where the "OK" and "Custom" (or "Summit") messages will be able to be tracked:

Leora and Jay on Denali (until we get onto the mountain, expect a message with the title "No Messages to Display" and body:  
"No displayable messages found found for feed: 0q8Zx115OM0neH2XVVMDT1uAPgejzDdTF"
to be displayed when you first go to the link).

And here is our preliminary schedule.  I'm sure that everything will change as soon as we show up in Talkeetna, but this is our rough plan, and the SPOT OK messages should help to show where we are compared to the schedule.

IdealDay #	Date (ideal)	Likely Day #	Date (likely)	Itinerary	Sleeping Elevation, ft	Sleeping Elevation, m	Highest Elevation this day (ft)	Highest Elevation this day (m)	Elevation Gain ft	Elevation Gain m	Distance traveled (miles)	Distance traveled (km)	Avg. Time to climb	Comments
0	4/30/14	0	4/30/14	Portland (PDX) to Anchorage (ANC) Flight										Try to make 1st 2 days 1 day
0	4/30/14	0	4/30/14	Van to Talkeetna/Weigh gear, pay for Kahiltna flight
1	5/1/14	1	5/1/14	Orientation, and wait for flight to Kahiltna Glacier
1	5/1/14	2	5/2/14	Fly to Kahiltna	7200	2200	7200	2200
1	5/1/14	3	5/3/14	Kahiltna Airport to Ski Hill Camp (single carry)	7800	2375	7800	2375	600	175	5	9	3-6hrs	Largest crevasses are on this section
2	5/2/14	4	5/4/14	Ski Hill Camp to Kahiltna Pass (single carry)	9700	2950	9700	2950	1900	575	3.17	5.1	2-5hrs
3	5/3/14	5	5/5/14	Kahiltna Pass to Motorcycle Hill (single carry)	11000	3350	11000	3350	1300	400	0.75	1.2	2-4hrs
		From this point on, make sure to average only 1000ft per day sleeping elevation
4	5/4/14	6	5/6/14	Cache carry to Basin Camp (or rest)	11000	3350	14200	4330	3200	980	2.5	4	4-8hrs
5	5/5/14	7	5/7/14	Cache carry to Basin Camp (or rest)	11000	3350	14200	4330	3200	980	2.5	4	4-8hrs
6	5/6/14	8	5/8/14	Move to Basin Camp	14200	4330	14200	4330	3200	980	2.5	4	4-8hrs
7	5/7/14	9	5/9/14	Cache carry to High Camp (or rest)	14200	4330	17200	5245	3000	915	1.2	2	3-8hrs
8	5/8/14	10	5/10/14	Cache carry to High Camp (or rest)	14200	4330	17200	5245	3000	915	1.2	2	3-8hrs
9	5/9/14	11	5/11/14	Move to High Camp	17200	5245	17200	5245	3000	915	1.2	2	3-8hrs
10	5/10/14	12	5/12/14	Rest or South Peak Summit Day/return to High Camp	17200	5245	20320	6194	3115	950	2	3	8-16hrs
10	5/10/14	13	5/13/14	South Peak Summit Day/return to High Camp	17200	5245	20320	6194	3115	950	2	3	8-16hrs
10	5/10/14	14	5/14/14	South Peak Summit Day/return to High Camp	17200	5245	20320	6194	3115	950	2	3	8-16hrs
10	5/10/14	15	5/15/14	South Peak Summit Day/return to High Camp	17200	5245	20320	6194	3115	950	2	3	8-16hrs
10	5/10/14	16	5/16/14	South Peak Summit Day/return to High Camp	17200	5245	20320	6194	3115	950	2	3	8-16hrs
10	5/10/14	17	5/17/14	South Peak Summit Day/return to High Camp	17200	5245	20320	6194	3115	950	2	3	8-16hrs
10	5/10/14	18	5/18/14	South Peak Summit Day/return to High Camp	17200	5245	20320	6194	3115	950	2	3	8-16hrs
11	5/11/14	19	5/19/14	Rest	17200	5245	17200	5245	0	0	0	0	0
12	5/12/14	20	5/20/14	North Peak Summit Day/return to High Camp	17200	5245	19470	5934	2270	690	2	3	8-16hrs
12	5/12/14	21	5/21/14	North Peak Summit Day/return to High Camp	17200	5245	19470	5934	2270	690	2	3	8-16hrs
12	5/12/14	22	5/22/14	North Peak Summit Day/return to High Camp	17200	5245	19470	5934	2270	690	2	3	8-16hrs
12	5/12/14	23	5/23/14	North Peak Summit Day/return to High Camp	17200	5245	19470	5934	2270	690	2	3	8-16hrs
13	5/13/14	24	5/24/14	Return to Basin Camp (pick up sleds, if left, here)	14200	3350	17200	5245	-3000	-1895	1.2	2		2-4 days typical for return
14	5/14/14	25	5/25/14	Return to Motorcycle Hill Camp (pick up sleds, if here)	11000	3350	17200		-5200		2.5	4
14	5/14/14	26	5/26/14	Return to Kahiltna	7200	2200	11000	3350	-3800	-1150	9	14.5
14	5/14/14	27	5/27/14	Reserve to fly to Talkeetna	7200	2200	7200	2200	0	0	0	0
14	5/14/14	28	5/28/14	Reserve to fly to Talkeetna	7200	2200	7200	2200	0	0	0	0
14	5/14/14	29	5/29/14	Reserve to fly to Talkeetna	7200	2200	7200	2200	0	0	0	0
14	5/14/14	30	5/30/14	Reserve to fly to Talkeetna	7200	2200	7200	2200	0	0	0	0
14	5/14/14	31	5/31/14	Return to Talkeetna	0	0	7200	2200	-7200	-2200
15	5/15/14	32	6/1/14	Take shuttle to Anchorage	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	5/16/14	33	6/2/14	Stay with the Jones'	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	5/17/14	34	6/3/14	Stay with the Jones'	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	5/18/14	35	6/4/14	Stay with the Jones'	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	5/19/14	36	6/5/14	Stay with the Jones'	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	5/20/14	37	6/6/14	Stay with the Jones'	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

May your schedules always have the flexibility you need. . .

leora