Sunday, June 14, 1998
Hey Mountain Zone, it's us. What a wonderful day it is today. We went up and climbed a peak, maybe unclimbed, I'm not sure. We named it U-Turn; it has a huge U on the top of it. Beautiful. It's quite steep and blue ice all around it, and right on the summit ridge, a very narrow ridge, it's got a snow ridge on it and we were able to climb that quite easily today, and it was absolutely beautiful. Encompassed a few Swiss climbing techniques, real short-roping on the ridge. Bene keeps thinking every mountain is the Matterhorn, I don't know. Life is good, we're back in base, sky is beautiful and life is good. Hope it is for you guys. We'll talk to you soon. Bye.
— Todd Burleson, Expedition Leader
 Unclimbed peak [click to zoom] (photo: Alpine Ascents Collection)
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