Burleson

Hear the Satellite Call from Greenland

Unclimbed [click to zoom] (photo: AAI)

It's just been fantastic in Greenland. Life is great. It was a nice ridge climb. We actually were pretty hesitant about whether we could get up it today because there was so many crevasses, but we were able to get around the crevasses and on the ridge. I think we're going to name it after Dierk's son, Robin, but we have to climb another unclimbed peak for his other son Tobias, otherwise you know how that'll be.

We did see some people. When we got up to the summit ridge, we looked on the other side, and we saw some people, surprisingly enough, in another camp. I think they'd skied 300 or 400 kilometers possibly to get where they are. So we may see them in a day or so, too bad, huh? But we are in our own wilderness, and we have found numerous first ascents I think we can attempt. We're probably going to rest tomorrow and shoot for Gunnbjornsfjeld the next day, come back down and then go back up and put a camp up there and try to climb some unclimbed peaks. Basically, we all have blisters to the point that we can hardly walk. We are all climbing in Randonnee boots that are brand new. I think Bene's are the worst, but Dierk's are pretty bad today.

Skiing is fantastic. Dierk and Bene are so much better than me. It scared me to death coming down this steep slope today — scariest part of the climb — but I made it. I'm back. What else guys? Dierk is making salad right now; we just had Raman soup; life is good in Gunnbjornsfjeld. So, I'll talk to you later. Bye.

— Todd Burleson, Expedition Leader

Unclimbed peaks [click to zoom] (photo: Alpine Ascents Collection)

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