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Summitting in Perfect Conditions
Friday, June 30, 2000
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Well Mountain Zone, this is Willi Prittie reporting from 17.2, on Denali, for the Alpine Ascents International Denali program. Well, our acclimation trip yesterday turned...[transmission fails].
Hi this is Willi Prittie again, re-warmed the battery. I'll try to make this brief before we get cut off again. Our acclimation trip to Denali Pass yesterday, we started punching through the mild storm conditions at the Pass so we elected to continue. We actually summitted at...it would have been about 7pm or so, in the evening, in absolutely perfect conditions, and for Alaska and Denali very mild temperature of about 10-15 degrees Fahrenheit. I had an absolutely superb day and a superb summit climb, everybody did very well. I had a very strong group, people were working very well as a team.
So this morning, we are all sleeping in, going to consume large quantities of food and start the process of heading down here this afternoon. Once again, a perfect summit climb, under as perfect conditions as you could possibly imagine here in Alaska. So that's all for now from our team at 17.2.
— Willi Prittie, Alpine Ascents International, MountainZone.com Correspondent
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