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Index of Altai Expedition Dispatches ![]() Friday, April 9, 1999 2:07pm (PST) "We're also singing a little bit of the blues because every good trip has to come to and end, and it's sad to see this one go..." Rob DesLauriers ![]() Thursday, April 8, 1999 9:41am (PST) "I think they're yelling at me to hurry to get to dinner, but they're yelling at me because I'm putting my clothes on..." Kasha Rigby ![]() Wednesday, April 7, 1999 9:20am (PST) "There's about probably 1000 pounds of gear and 17 of us on a bus hardly bigger than a mini van, and we're just sleeping everywhere..." Ace Kvale ![]() Tuesday, April 6, 1999 9:10am (PST) "Today we had to cross a pass; we covered around 10 miles today and 15 miles yesterday..." Scot Schmidt ![]() Monday, April 5, 1999 8:30am (PST) "We were getting over the snowbridges as they collapsed..." Jim Zellers ![]() Sunday, April 4, 1999 8:56am (PST) "Everybody seems to be kind of at peace with the whole trip and with themselves here..." John Falkiner ![]() Saturday, April 3, 1999 6:50am (PST) "We've got away with no incidents, no accidents in quite a delicate situation concerning crevasses and cold..." John Falkiner ![]() Friday, April 2, 1999 6:40am (PST) "We learned that we're maybe some of the few or first Americans on this mountain..." Ace Kvale ![]() Thursday, April 1, 1999 9:06am (PST) "We made a push for it and came down, had maybe four or five pitches of rappels on ice today with our skis on our packs as part of the descent...." Kit Katzenbach ![]() Wednesday, March 31, 1999 7:20am (PST) "The weather was good when we started and it got very harsh toward mid-day and it was very nasty on top...." Scot Schmidt ![]() Tuesday, March 30, 1999 5:41am (PST) "We weren't really sure which was the summit there's so many peaks out here..." Jim Zellers ![]() Monday, March 29, 1999 6:04am (PST) "We have one of our Russian friends here, his name is Alec...and he wants to say hello to you guys..." Ace Kvale ![]() Monday, March 29, 1999 4:41am (PST) "Hopefully we've got enough food and fuel to last another three or four days..." Ace Kvale ![]() Monday, March 29, 1999 4:37am (PST) "We are in the four corners here of China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Russia..." Scot Schmidt ![]() Saturday, March 27, 1999 5:55am (PST) "We'll spend the night here and then move on tomorrow and get within a little bit closer to the summit..." Jim Zellers ![]() Friday, March 26, 1999 3:16am (PST) "Finally it warmed up, the high today probably getting in there at about 35 degrees..." Jim Zellers ![]() Thursday, March 25, 1999 7:29am (PST) "The altitude isn't that high, but it's very difficult, so we're starting to realize that it's quite a project..." Scot Schmidt ![]() Wednesday, March 24, 1999 6:46am (PST) "We did that for about 3,000 vert, once in a while hitting a little snow, but most of the time on this ice..." Kasha Rigby ![]() Tuesday, March 23, 1999 7:03am (PST) "These mountains are huge, enormous in size for a 15,000ft peak..." Kit Katzenbach ![]() Monday, March 22, 1999 6:39am (PST) "We were denied a sauna because that would make us too sluggish..." Jim Zellers ![]() Sunday, March 21, 1999 7:27am (PST) "And in the sauna, they're whipping us with some birch branches..." Ace Kvale ![]() Saturday, March 20, 1999 5:27am (PST) "We're staying in some classic Russian barrels these Siberian tube-like huts..." Rob DesLauriers ![]() Friday, March 19, 1999 12:00pm (PST) "Everyone has arrived safely in Moscow. We're calling in from Red Square..." Rob DesLauriers | ![]() | ![]() |
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