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UM Global Leadership Initiative Hosts 3 World Famous Climbers – "Adventures at Altitude" – UM students made 2nd recorded ascent of Teton on ‘a lark’ in 1923

Sometimes you make it by the seat of your pants. Sometimes, it takes both pant legs.

That’s how a trio of University of Montana students turned the second documented ascent of Wyoming’s Grand Teton mountain into a day hike. It’s a story that’s inspired celebrated mountaineer Rick Reese for years.

"To these guys, it was a lark." said Reese, who was one of three speakers at Friday’s UM Global Leadership Initiative http://umt.edu/gli/ lecture "Adventures at Altitude." "They didn’t even know what the Grand Teton was. They saw it on a map and thought, ‘We would like to climb that.’ "

Reese told his story Friday night in conjunction with fellow high-altitude specialists Conrad Anker http://conradanker.com/ of the North Face Athletic Team http://www.thenorthface.com/en_US/exploration/athletes/ and Peter Metcalf, president of Black Diamond equipment company http://www.blackdiamondequipment.com/ .

By ROB CHANEY of the Missoulian

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/news/local/um-students-made-nd-recorded-ascent-of-teton-on-a/article_01f5b5f4-255f-11e2-b514-0019bb2963f4.html

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