Wally Berg

It's a Still and Calm Summit
Sunday, June 28, 1998

Hear the Satellite Call from Denali

The Shadow of Denali [click to zoom] (photo: Darsney)

Hi Mountain Zone, it's Wally Berg. It's 7pm on the 28th. I told you we could make it to the summit in an hour and we did. I also told you it would be too windy up here to call you and actually it's not. We've been blessed with a beautiful, still, calm evening. We're all standing on the summit amazed at the good luck we've had. This is the 15th day and here we are on the summit, the very peak of North America, all seven members of this trip...

[editor's note: Berg got cut off on this call and another subsequent one. The next call is from the team's 17,000' camp after a safe descent.]

— Wally Berg, Expedition Leader

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