Peter Stanley Mt. McKinley

(Camp II, 7,900 ft.) Well, it's now 11:41 a.m. on Monday the first of July. It seems to be getting a little bit colder. The snow is beginning to mix in with the rain and maybe in a while it will clear up. Sam and Larry had erected a tarp... a quasi tarp... over the cooking area... I wore my Goretex and we served up cereal and coffee and cocoa to Jeff and Eric and Stuart and Matt who stayed in their tents. At this point I don't know when Eric is going to decide to move out. With the wisdom of hindsight it would have been better to take everything up yesterday rather than ferry back. We could have done it.   (We ended up taking a full rest day at Camp II.)

(Camp II, 7,900 ft.) It's now 4:22 a.m. on Tuesday the second and we have already struck camp... we're about to have breakfast. Our packs are packed, and we are probably going to head back up to the place where we cached everything. We're in whiteout conditions. We saw some clear sky at 3:00 a.m. If we'd waited 'til 4:00 it would have been clouded over again.

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