R E T U R N  T O  T H I C K  A I R
Early April 2001 Alpine Ascent of Panorama Point, NE
5,424 feet above sea level

Return to Thick Air
Find Sandy Irvine
The Flat Zone
Speaking Nebraskan
Route Map
Leaving Loved Ones
Little America
Pine Bluff
Vanishing Point
NECOWY
Get to the Point
Advanced Base Camp
Alpine Assault
Crossing Dangers
Destination: Point
Summit Logs
Medical Experiments
Sandy Search
Downclimbing
Newspaper Story
Climbing Team
Rational Neo-Graphic
- English Climbers
- Climbing Links
Bettinger Home
ne00605F.jpg (10810 bytes) A distant speck on the horizon grows steadily as we approach. Soon we can tell - it is the van carrying the famous Tigers of the Panhandle - our Porters and translators, the Hands. We meet up with them in Wyoming.
ne00666F.jpg (11946 bytes) After reassembling our party, we bravely descend into the thick air of the Cornhusker state. After what seems like hours, but is in fact mere minutes, signs of Panorama Point begin to appear. We prepare to enter Kimball County.

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