Marcia organized this climb with 2 other woman, Billie Butterfield and Gayle MacCleary, who had attempted to climb Mt McKinley but failed. Since everybody knew each other, had considerable climbing experience and all of the necessary gear, the organization was pretty minimal.
The flew onto the glacier in early June and hoped to summit near the solstice. Their health was good and the weather the usual mixture of good and bad. They did have to spend several days at the 17,000 high camp waiting for the weather. Despite some grumbling and noises about turning back, Marcia squashed those thoughts and kept everybody inline until the weather window showed up. On summit day, everybody made it without drama or injury.
The descent went quickly and they had no wait at the airstrip. Billie and Marcia went out first followed later by Gayle on the last flight of the day.
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