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Approaching the Summit Saturday, June 3, 2000
Hello Mountain Zone, this is Tom Bridge up on Denali. Charles and I, Charles Hseih, are headed up towards the summit right now. We headed out about 11 o'clock this morning and we're making good time. We're just about up at the plateau here, about 19,600 feet. Whew! The air is really thin here. We're starting to pick up a little wind. We're getting on our down coats, but generally it's been real sunny and a little puffy clouds — a little fair weather cumulus. Looks like about 35 to 40 people are going to summit today — quite a few. We're making good time; we're really happy about that. We lost one climber down low, right after Denali Pass. We had to turn him around. He was just a little too tired; a little too fatigued. But other than that we've got all the rest of our team with us and we're looking real strong for the top here. Hope everything is going well with you guys and we'll call you back later on. Bye-bye.
— Tom Bridge, Alpine Ascents International, MountainZone.com Correspondent
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