Mount Hayes, South Summit. On April 17 we were flown to Base Camp on the Susitna Glacier at 7100 feet. On April 22 we placed Camp I at 8700 feet, but were pinned down by weather for the next four days. On April 29 we left Camp I and climbed the south face of the south summit of Mount Hayes, avoiding crevasses, especially one just beneath the top. All four of us, Takeshi Ootsu, Takeshi Kubo, Shi- nichi Suzuki and I, reached the top (13,305 feet). We placed 650 feet of fixed rope between Base Camp and Camp I and 1300 feet between Camp I and the south summit.

Takashi Aizawa, Japanese Alpine Club