Kibo Hut! The "calm before the storm!" Rest up - cause we leave at midnight!

Wed. June 20^th 2:30pm

We roll into the final base camp. Forgot the name. It is windy, cold; and I finally figured out a name for Alpine Desert – it’s what it would feel like if hell froze over; cause my goodness, there’s nothing pleasant about it! So we’re prepping. Getting ready to leave tonight, we’re gonna wake up at 11pm. Probably won’t have much to say other than “ug” and “just get me to the top of this insane mountain! Yeah.

Wed. June 20^th 6pm

Just above 15,000 feet. We’re officially higher than I could ever get in Washington and on any mountain……it feels every bit it. My legs are sore [due to lack of oxygen]. The sun is setting right now. I hope I can make it to the top tonight.

Wed. June 20^th 6:32pm

I’m gonna try and head to bed and catch some shut eye before we wake up at 11pm. This hasn’t worked to well the past couple nights as the food has most come back up (buuuulaaaw…) We’ll see what happens!