Peter Stanley Mt. McKinley

Note to the log: It is 9:59 a.m. It would appear that we have a summit day on 10 July... any comments Stuart? (Stuart) "Yaba daba do." Starting out. First rope with Eric, followed by Stuart, followed by myself and then Larry...

(While climbing) It is now 3:52 p.m. We're just below the final pitch trying to get up to the summit and I don't ever want to forget how much this hurts. We're, I'd guess about 19,800, maybe 19,900. Maybe we're right at the 20,000 foot mark. The thing is it doesn't do you much good to rest any more when you get up this high because you're beyond your acclimatization limit. I'm going to save... some tape... for crossing ... the summit... if I can. Now we're... only... maybe... five minutes... from the summit... (Heavy panting) The sound of the ice axe on the snow (very pronounced here) I hope I will not forget either. Sobering though... that many pent (pant) have lost their lives trying to gain this summit. Sobering... even more... that even more men have lost their lives trying to get down.

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