We started on the Chitina River near the snout of the Barnard Glacier in the Wrangell St. Elias Mountains. We travelled up the Barnard and climbed and traversed our way over Mts. Bear, Churchill and Bona. Markus Kellerhals and Linda Billy left when we dropped off the Bona/Churchill massif onto the upper Russell Glacier. My article starts from this point . . . <p>Two evenings before Markus and Linda flew out I bedded down for the night with a sense of relief and comfort. Comfort because we were now camped at only 9000 ft on the northern flank of Mt. Churchill with thick air to breath and...

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