Burleson
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Possibly First Ascent of U-Turn
Sunday, June 14, 1998
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Hey Mountain Zone, it's us. What a wonderful day it is today. We went up and climbed a peak, maybe unclimbed, I'm not sure. We named it U-Turn; it has a huge U on the top of it. Beautiful. It's quite steep and blue ice all around it, and right on the summit ridge, a very narrow ridge, it's got a snow ridge on it and we were able to climb that quite easily today, and it was absolutely beautiful.
Encompassed a few Swiss climbing techniques, real short-roping on the ridge. Bene keeps thinking every mountain is the Matterhorn, I don't know. Life is good, we're back in base, sky is beautiful and life is good. Hope it is for you guys. We'll talk to you soon. Bye.
— Todd Burleson, Expedition Leader
Unclimbed peak [click to zoom] (photo: Alpine Ascents Collection)
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Expedition Updates
(original photo: Art Wolfe)
Alpine Ascents International
Greenland Expedition Updates:
ON THE LAST DAY, THEY RESTED
[June 16, '98]
Avoiding crumbly rock and hoping the plane comes.
POSSIBLE FIRST ON U-TURN
[June 14, '98]
Team climbs a possible new peak with a U on top.
THE CONQUESTS GO ON
[June 13, '98]
Dierk and Bene take on the 45° slopes of a new peak.
FURTHER THAN IT LOOKED
[June 11, '98]
Skiing for the re-supply cache seemed like a good idea.
MOUNT GUNNBJORNSFJELD
[June 10, '98]
French champagne after an eight hour summit of the highest peak.
REST DAY IN PARADISE
[June 9, '98]
The many varied approaches to communing with nature.
FIRST ASCENT MT ROBIN
[June 8, '98]
Team climbs new peak, nursing epic blisters, need more supplies.
RIDGES AND VALLEYS
[June 7, '98]
Great climbing and skiing in the arctic sunshine.
CIGARS AND GLEN LIVET
[June 6, '98]
There's nothing like a lamb barbecue after skiing at 3200m.
INTROS AROUND THE GRILL
[June 5, '98]
Meet the climbers, have a look around, and keep an eye on the chicken.
THE ONLY PEOPLE HERE
[June 5, '98]
Base camp is set up and not a neighbor to be seen.
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