Combat Wounded Vets at 11,000 feet

Just got off the Sat phone with Tim Hewette, one of the AMS guides on the Combat Wounded Vets expedition. He said they are all healthy and doing well. He added that Justin is "working his tail off" and doing great. They had challenging glacier traveling conditions on the lower glacier but are in good spirits and are moving at a respectable pace.

Their progression of camps since leaving Kahiltna Glacier Base camp (7200') has been 7,500', 7,800', 9,000', and now 11,000 feet.

I told them they had many fans following the blog and that they need to call in more often...they promised they would.

Below are images of other AMS climbers traveling to and building camps at 11,000', so this is what the guys are doing and what they are seeing today.

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Please note: These photos are not of the Combat Wounded Vets team, they are from a previous AMS expedition. Hopefully we will get some photos of them from some other AMS teams who will be returning from The Mountain later this week.