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Scenes from the most magical home away from home with an epic crew. Yamas!

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That hometown good good 🍁 with the crew before the epic trip to 🇬🇷 !! Elliptical seasons 5.12, Portraits 5.12, and Lady of the Lake 5.11.

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$LONNIE BROKE HIS BACK/HELI RESCUE? A few good friends and I spent the last few days climbing Grand Teton via the OS route. We were fortunate to have low winds and reasonable temperatures for summit. We moved slow as we pitched out a few icy sections that you would normally not rope up on. We reached the Summit around 5 PM and still had a long descent As we were rappelling through Sergeant chimney, Lonnie came over the edge of a rock and was slung laterally into a wall. He hit his spine on a rocky protrusion. I was not able to see it from below, but I did hear a loud yell! Lonnie was in extreme pain… he was able to lower himself down to the ledge, but was barely able to stand. At this point it is 5:30 PM and we still have one long rappel to get him to the upper saddle and still technical terrain below this to get back to camp. After a quick exam, we made the decision to call SAR. SAR Operator: “Let me get this straight, it’s 6 PM and you have an injured blind man on Grant Teton at 13,500 feet”? Me: “Umm, yes, you’ve got that right” We rigged up the next 40m rappel and Lonnie started lowering back and each step screaming in pain. I’m not going to lie, I was nervous. This rap was about 25 m of free hanging and I knew that was going to be painful. After some time, he made it down to the upper saddle and just at sunset a helicopter came to long line him back to St John’s hospital in Jackson. We all had so many questions and I feared that Lonnie had fractured his spine. Our team got out as quick as possible the next day and found out that the hospital had discharged Lonnie and he was able to arrange a transport to the airport where we met him. It turns out he has bilateral pars fracture in his low back. He is slowly becoming more mobile and sounds like his prognosis is as good as possible. Lonnie and I have had countless adventures and this is only the 2nd time anything major has happened. We are thankful for that! Now it’s time for rehab to get ready for the North Pole expedition. Shoutout to my badass wife @seanie.smiles and @jenniferrfisher @ashleyclimbs for a fun climb! @jennylakerangers @blackdiamond @nationalparkservice$

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