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The Mission
: Team
Leaders:
Norman D. Vaughan
Carolyn Muegge-Vaughan
Climbers:
- Vern Tejas,
lead climber
Vern made the first successful solo winter ascent of Mt.
McKinley in Alaska and the first solo ascent of Mt. Vinson
in Antarctica. He is the first Alaskan to have climbed all
Seven Summits, and once climbed all seven twice in 365 days.
He was the lead climber on the Mount Vaughan Antarctic Expedition,
1993 - 94.
- Marty Raney
A 30-year logger, log builder, and stone mason, Marty has
guided ten times on McKinley and climbed in most of Alaska
and Canada. Marty usually entertains everyone on the mountain
with his music. He always takes either his guitar or banjo
and has a CD, Strummin from the Summit, featuring himself
and Vern. Marty’s wife and four kids also climb and
together will be making the first family ascent of McKinley
in 2006.
- Gordon Scott
Gordon works winters as a professional ski patroller and
avalanche consultant in Alaska. He specializes in avalanche
safety and mitigation, mountain rescue, and first aid. He
joined Norman Vaughan and others on the successful recovery
of a P-38 from deep in the Greenland icecap in the 80's
and early 90's. In the summers, he works as a commercial
fisherman.
- Brian Horner
Brian is one of only a few full time Survival Instructors
in the U.S. He has spent 20 hours in an exposure suit in
45 degree water, has helped the Discovery Channel find 1,000
year-old mummies in Peru and travels “solo”
in the backcountry for weeks. He is on the Mt. McKinley
high altitude rescue patrol and is both a SWAT and Wilderness
Medicine instructor and is considered the leader in the
field of survival education in the U.S. Brian was the medic,
mountaineer, and “cook” on the Mount Vaughan
Antarctic Expedition in 1993-94.
- Michael Funke
Michael came to Alaska to climb Denali in 1980 and made
the state his home. As owner/operator of Alyeska Mountain
and River Guides and a mountaineering instructor at the
University of Alaska, he has led over 150 climbing, paddling
and trekking expeditions across Alaska and the world. Michael
was a member of the National Geographic team that filmed
the first Mount Vaughan Antarctic Expedition.
- Robert Mads Anderson
Robert led the first ascent of a new route on Everest's
remote Kangshung Face, climbing without oxygen or Sherpa
support in 1988, before going on to complete the remainder
of the worlds seven summits solo. He has pioneered three
new routes on Antarctica's tallest peak, Mt. Vinson, two
of which he completed solo. In 1998 he flew to the North
Pole in a Russian Biplane with Ron Sheardown, landing there
on Easter Day and in 2003 led the 50th anniversary ascent
of Mt. Everest, summiting with Sibusisu Vilane, the first
black man to reach the top of the world.
Medical:
- Dr. Bill Mayer
- Laurie Haney
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