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Hey there, this is Matt Walker and Mike Roberts with team vegeMIGHT. We are happy to report that everyone summitted and came down safely, and crawled into bed last night after a nice hot meal and everyone crashed out. We are currently at 17,200', packing up our stuff, trying to get out of here.

"...The weather has definitely changed for the worse, so it may take a little while to get down to 14..."

The weather has definitely changed for the worse, so it may take a little while to get down to 14, and then probably another day from there and we'll be back in Talkeetna.

On a sad note, I'd like to report that there was a fatality last night on the Autobahn, which is a section between camp 13,2 and Denali Pass. We spent a few hours with some other teams up here trying to help out, and work through some things with this guy and it turns out that he had died on impact. So a sad note here at 17,2, but as far as our team's concerned, everyone is healthy and well and we are looking forward to coming home.

All our love to friends and family and hopefully you'll hear from us in 2 or 3 days. Cheers.

Matt Walker, Alpine Ascents International Guide and MountainZone.com Correspondent