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
The summit is only the half-way point of our journey - before we can go up we need to get down. Climbing back down to base camp
L-R: Glenn, Marvin; Kevin; Manus; James, Ben and Troy Before we head home, we drive into Pine Bluff, cross under I-80, and turn right at the highway heading east. Here we pause to note our crossing into Nebraska.

The wind has died down, so Ben ventures forth for posterity.

James, Manus, Kevin, Marvin, Troy and Glenn

Back to our home state (but still too windy for Ben.)

Note: This site, all images and all pages copyright © 2001 by Troy C. Bettinger, Jim Hand and Glenn Leasure.