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Lonnie Dupre Solo Summits Denali in Winter
For the 53-year-old polar explorer, the fourth time was the charm. In January, after 25 days of climbing and camping in subzero conditions, Dupre became the first person to make it up North America’s highest peak (20,237 feet) in the dead of winter—when the snow is deep, the air is frozen, and the storms are brutal. It was his fourth try in five years. At one point, about halfway up the mountain, Dupre became pinned down in his tent for four days in whiteout conditions. Denali mountaineering ranger Tucker Chenoweth compared Dupre’s ascent to “heading out onto the moon by yourself.”