ANCHORAGE, Alaska - He ʻumi mau mākaʻikaʻi i loaʻa i ka makani ikaika a me ka hau hau a kokoke pau ʻole i ka ʻai, ua lele ʻia mai kahi glacier ma mauna McKinley i ka hopena pule.
Ua hoʻololi ka ʻino i ka noho ʻana i hoʻokahi pule i ʻelua pule i hoʻopau i ka Lāpule.
Ua hana ʻo Hudson Air i ʻehā mau huakaʻi e kiʻi i nā kānaka he ʻumi mai ka Ruth Glacier, kahi kahua hoʻomoana ma 5,500 kapuaʻi.
"Ua aʻo au i ka ʻōlelo Kepanī he nui," wahi a Amy Beaudoin, 32, he kumu aʻoaʻo kula ʻo Alaska Mountaineering School i alakaʻi i ka hui. “A ua aʻo nui lākou i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania. Ua pili like.
ʻO ka poʻe hoʻokūkū ka hapa nui o ke kulanui a me nā lālā ʻōpio o ka Aurora Club, ka mea i hana i nā huakaʻi puna mua i McKinley no nā makahiki, wahi a Beaudoin. Hoʻohanohano ka hui iā Michio Hoshino o Iapana, he mea paʻi kiʻi kūlohelohe i noho ma Alaska a alakaʻi i kekahi mau keiki i ka huakaʻi i Ruth Glacier ma mua o kona pepehi ʻia ʻana e ka bea ma Rūsia i ka makahiki 1996.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Beaudoin ua hiki mai ka ʻino i ka lā Malaki 29, ʻelua lā ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana o ka hui i ka mauna. No ka pule holoʻokoʻa, lawe mai kēlā me kēia lā i ka hau a i ʻole nā makani kiʻekiʻe e hōʻemi ʻole ai ka ʻike no ka holo ʻana o ka ea. Ma ke kakahiaka Poalima wale nō, ua hāʻule ma mua o ʻelua kapuaʻi o ka hau, wahi a Beaudoin.
Hoʻopili ka hui i ka hau ma ka mokulele i kēlā me kēia lā, wahi āna. Ua hoʻomau ʻo ia ma ka piʻi ʻana i ka Lae ʻo Michio, kahi i kapa ʻia ma hope o Hoshino; ma ke kaha kiʻi a kākau ʻana; a ma ka hoʻokani pila i waiho ʻia e nā lālā ʻē aʻe o ka Aurora Club i ka makahiki 1998 huakaʻi i ka mauna.
"ʻAʻohe mea i ʻike i ka hoʻokani pila," wahi a Beaudoin. “E hoʻolele mākou iā ia a pāʻani i nā mele ʻino a ʻakaʻaka wale nō. Ua hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokipa maikaʻi iā mākou iho. "
I ka hopena o ka pule i hala, ua emi ka lako o ka meaʻai a ua hoʻouka ka poʻe Kepani i kahi bākeke meaʻai pilikia ma ka Hale Mauna ʻo Don Sheldon ma luna o ka glacier.
“ʻO kahi pūʻulu o ia mea he meaʻai a lākou i ʻai ʻole ai ma mua, e like me ka oatmeal koke. He mea ʻakaʻaka. Ua hoʻāʻo lākou e hana i kahi kuki mai kēlā me kēia ʻeke, "wahi a Beaudoin. "ʻO lākou ka hui maikaʻi loa aʻu i hana ai. Ua like lākou, ʻAe, e hana kākou i ka maikaʻi o ia mea.
Ua wehe ʻia ka lani i ka pō Pōʻaono, e ʻae ana i ka hōʻike ʻana i nā kukui ʻākau - kekahi o nā mea a nā Kepani i hele mai i ka mauna e ʻike.
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