14 Camp!

I got the SPOT update last night that Scott and James have reached 14,000 ft camp. From here they will spend some days acclimatizing by climbing higher while sleeping at the 14 camp. One guide book suggests acclimatizing by making trips to the summit or to 17,000 foot camp on the standard West Buttress route before attempting the Cassin or the West Rib. They may also move their gear up the West Rib Cut-off or to the proposed high camp on the rib. Either way when the fellas take off for either of these routes they may take the West Rib cut-off and then descend down the West Rib route to the start of either route as both the Cassin and the West Rib starts are very close together. It will be hard to know what route they choose until we get SPOT check-ins.