as the second day draws to a close the
windchill factor drops well below 10
degrees all night long 45 mile-per-hour
winds pound the ridge and as morning
breaks the storm rages on with no let-up
making it nearly impossible to see or
climb how’s the weather the men have
less than 30 hours left to reach the
summit time to make a tough call stay or
go here’s the deal we have choices one
is to sit here and enjoy the comforts if
we will have a Quonset hut on top of a
mountain with a raging storm outside or
open that door and head for that summit
and it seems like all these guys want to
go for the summit from base camp the
summit is up a dangerous IC Ridgeline me
looks like we got a few more miles so
we’re made that made right there man
we’re gonna go yeah so we definitely
need to move today mm-hmm it’s kind of
like that turtle unless it sticks its
neck out it goes nowhere let’s get out
there we don’t know what’s gonna happen
this week stick our necks out that’s
well let’s open that door and get back
in the elements let’s roll back it up
the wind blasts at 45 miles per hour
visibility is near zero still the men
decide to go for it it’s not the first
time that I’ve stepped out into a storm
raging intentional that’s what you do if
you’re a mountain climber in Alaska
especially if you’re not tough you know
you’re not gonna make it but the higher
they climb the worse it gets
better looking good for that rig the
whole time we’ve been up here the
visibility hasn’t been better than 15
feet and now visibility is the front of
your hand in your face it’s about zero
all of a sudden my crampon breaks huh
the others have no idea Austin’s fallen
and push on nothing I can do to fix it
right now
austin recovers only to find himself
completely alone in a whiteout
hey
you
windchill factor drops well below 10
degrees all night long 45 mile-per-hour
winds pound the ridge and as morning
breaks the storm rages on with no let-up
making it nearly impossible to see or
climb how’s the weather the men have
less than 30 hours left to reach the
summit time to make a tough call stay or
go here’s the deal we have choices one
is to sit here and enjoy the comforts if
we will have a Quonset hut on top of a
mountain with a raging storm outside or
open that door and head for that summit
and it seems like all these guys want to
go for the summit from base camp the
summit is up a dangerous IC Ridgeline me
looks like we got a few more miles so
we’re made that made right there man
we’re gonna go yeah so we definitely
need to move today mm-hmm it’s kind of
like that turtle unless it sticks its
neck out it goes nowhere let’s get out
there we don’t know what’s gonna happen
this week stick our necks out that’s
well let’s open that door and get back
in the elements let’s roll back it up
the wind blasts at 45 miles per hour
visibility is near zero still the men
decide to go for it it’s not the first
time that I’ve stepped out into a storm
raging intentional that’s what you do if
you’re a mountain climber in Alaska
especially if you’re not tough you know
you’re not gonna make it but the higher
they climb the worse it gets
better looking good for that rig the
whole time we’ve been up here the
visibility hasn’t been better than 15
feet and now visibility is the front of
your hand in your face it’s about zero
all of a sudden my crampon breaks huh
the others have no idea Austin’s fallen
and push on nothing I can do to fix it
right now
austin recovers only to find himself
completely alone in a whiteout
hey
you
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