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17: Saturday, June 12th |
Last night the weather cleared and it was the coldest morning yet. We got up about 7:00 and had a bagel with cream cheese and two rounds of hot drinks. We can hear the planes flying again, so I am certain they are very busy today.
Brennan spoke with a ranger last night who told him that two planes had landed at 7,200' but had been unable to take off again and were stranded.
After lunch we trek over to the "edge of the world" on the other side of the Genet Basin beside the West Rib for a look over the 3,000' vertical dropoff. It is cloudy and we don't get many decent pictures.
My ride down with the ADG folks materializes after all and I meet up with their group coming down from high camp. They rest and eat for a while before we push off at about 6:45 p.m. I am sorry to leave but glad that the suffering and deprivation will soon be over.
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