Fréttir af Cameron M. Smith

Það er allt ágætt að frétta af Cameron. Hann er kominn fram hjá Grímsvötnum og er kominn niður af fjallinu. Stefnan er tekin beint á Lambatungujökul. Veður hafa verið misjöfn eins og gengur og gerist frá -20°C til + 5°C.

Hann hefur ýmist hringt hingað eða til Portland til að gefa stöðuskýrslur. Hérna fyrir neðan eru tilkynningar frá Portland.

21.des
Location: 64 degrees 23.416 N
17 degrees 23.392 W
Temperature: -15C
Weather: Whiteout conditions – cannot see anything.

Comment: “Very cold, difficult march last night, but moved 9.5 miles in 12 hours gaining another 600 feet to elevation of 5,560 feet. Encamped on edge of Grimsvoten ice cauldron, a 3 mile wide volcanic steam crater. Visibility still almost zero continuing to navigate by compass alone. Next few marches will be gradually downhill, can perhaps increase speed if weather holds. 5-7 marches could see me to the top of descent glacier.”

22.des
Just received a quick message from Cameron at 9:15am on Dec. 22 California time.

Position: same as yesterday
Weather: Mild storm conditions, but improving; 2feet of snowfall

Comment: “Zero visibility persisting, but should be able to travel again after digging out from the snowfall. Plenty of food and fuel and feeling fine.”

23.des
Location: 64 degrees 24.555 N
17 degrees 14.131 W
Temperature: +3C

Weather: Whiteout continues and freezing rain

Comment: “Moved about 5 miles – hit by freezing rain. Must dry out much gear and will remain here one day or more waiting out the weather.”

Cameron says there is 1/8″ of ice on everything which makes marching that much more difficult because of the added weight. He is about 1 mile from Grimsvotn hut. He sounded very tired and was looking forward to getting some rest.

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