I just got off the phone with Steve this morning. They're currently sitting on the beach waiting for a boat from Punta Arenas to come and pick them up. They managed to flag a cruise ship down, as Dave mentioned (thanks for that Dave), but didn't get picked up by them... I wonder why: "uh, yeah, sorry our ship is full... of clean people"
Anyway, they did leave them food and a bunch of booze, so obviously they celebrated. Steve said he woke up yesterday at about 3pm on the beach (side note: they're camping at an elephant seal rookery. I'm not sure what booze +lonely ski tourers+elephant seals adds up to, but I'm pretty sure it isn't good).
Currently at Camp 15 (459505 3971282)
They managed to escape the glacier, having to navigate some gnarly sections (rappels, serac's etc etc). Then they had a 3 day hike along the coast line, which sounded pretty steep and heinous, to get to where they're waiting for the boat!
So they should be in Punta Arenas tonight!
That's it for me then.
Gill out!
1 comment:
Wow!!!!!!!!!!! Sounds so hilarious! I hope somebody writes about all this afterwards. Glad that you got some booze dropped off - you must be total lightweights by now. Heh heh.
Happy homeward journey!
Sue vdP
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