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Greenland Climbing Expedition with Alpine Ascents

Greenland Expedition with Alpine Ascents

Burleson

And On The Last Day, They Rested
Tuesday, June 16, 1998

Hear the Satellite Call from Greenland

Hey Mountain Zone, it's Todd. We're at base camp right now. It's our last day, and we decided that we would take in some rest. It's getting really, really warm and some rocks have fallen off the side of the hills, so we decided to just take it easy today and fly out tomorrow. Six good peaks have been climbed and everybody's psyched; we're just relaxing, cleaning up our gear and getting ready to fly home. It's been a fantastic trip and hopefully the plane will arrive tomorrow — it should, the weather is fantastic — and we'll give you a call from Reykjavik. Hope everybody's well and we'll talk to you in America or Iceland. Bye.

— Todd Burleson, Expedition Leader

Base Camp [click to zoom] (photo: Alpine Ascents Collection)

EXPEDITION

(photo: Art Wolfe)

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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