Bradford Washburn is a legend in mountaineering, so the find -- not to mention the adventure story associated with locating it -- is bound to thrill climbers around the world.
The plane had gotten stuck in slushy snow for five days after landing them there, so when it was extricated and ready to fly again, the pilot told the climbers there was no way he was coming back for them.
“It was so surreal, and a moment I definitely will remember for the rest of my life,” Post said this week. “The validation I felt was the biggest thing. I’m not saying validation from people who doubted we’d find it — sure, there was a little of that — but validation about the self-doubt you had, that your gut was right and that this was a good idea, that this was possible.”
of the modern era who knew Washburn. “He not only pioneered the standard route up Denali/Mount McKinley, which is the way thousands of climbers have reached the summit of the highest peak in North America. Griffin Post, leader of an expedition this summer that found a cache of gear abandoned by noted mountaineer Bradford Washburn, earned undergrad and MBA degrees at the University of Denver. While he was a student there, he won the U.S. Extreme skiing championships at Crested Butte.
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