Wednesday, June 10, 1998
Hello, it's Bene from Greenland. Actually, we had a very good day today; a sunny warm day until we got to the top. On the top of Gunnbjornsfjeld it was actually quite cold. We stood about 20 minutes on the top. It took us eight hours, up and down, for the whole climb which is quite a good time. Had great skiing on the way down. Actually, there was a plane coming in today dropping some more food. Tomorrow we have to pick it up; it's about, let me say, nine miles away from here. Now we are going to open up a bottle of champagne, French champagne, for the highest peak in Greenland... and to the Swiss and the Americans... The Swiss and the Americans say thank you to the French! Have a nice evening. Bye.
— Bene [Perren Benedikt], Alpine Ascents Climber
 68 58 29 42 [click to zoom] (photo: Alpine Ascents Collection)
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