Mustagh Ata: First Ascent on the East Ridge








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Challenging Days, Successful Summit
Mustagh Ata Base Camp - Monday, July 17, 11:28pm PDT

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Walter Keller
Hello, this is Walter Keller of the East Ridge Mustagh Ata Expedition. All three members: Dan Mazur, Jon Otto, myself — Walter Keller — all summitted. We returned to Base Camp safely. We have a lot of information to convey to you, we just mainly wanted to tell you that we were successful. We reached the summit on the 16th at 4 o'clock pm and have descended safely — have a lot more information to convey to you. Thank you.

Jon Otto
Hello, this is Jon Otto. Yes, sorry we didn't send you transmissions for the last few days. Those summit days were very challenging, but we made it, the summit at, what, 4pm, on the 16th, a little after schedule. And then up to almost 20 hours getting back down the next day to here, safely, at Karakuli Lake, looking over the mountain. Okay, talk to you, sending you many pictures and emails. Bye now.

— Walter Keller and Jon Otto, MountainZone.com Correspondents

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