Hi this is Eric Remza of Alpine Ascents and Team Upward Dog. It is April 15 and we are doing our move from our 7800-foot camp all the way up to 11,000.

We will be up at the 11,000 camp for the next couple days so we will keep in touch with you probably not until we get up to 14.

Alright, things are going good here, we are all strong, happy and healthy. Our leader, Forrest McCarthy, is definitely setting the precedent in giving a nice solid, slow and steady pace up the mountain. So things are going good, we had a pretty windy morning, not too bad just a little bit breezier than the last few days. I'm not complaining though.

There is a high cirrus cloud around right now. We're are just around the Kahiltna Pass and there's some clouds coming up and over the pass right now.

But things look pretty good right now and we're just taking it in stride. We will actually give you an update tomorrow and then probably won't be able to keep in touch with you until we get to 14.

So this is Alpine Ascents and the Upward Dog saying see ya, bye.

— Eric Remza, Alpine Ascents International Guide and MountainZone.com Correspondent