Dupre airlifted off Denali

Cook County Arctic adventurer Lonnie Dupre has been airlifted off Denali and is back in Talkeetna, Alaska.

He was picked up near his base camp on Friday by his One World Expeditions support team. He made his third solo attempt to reach the 20,320-foot summit of North America's highest peak. He was stopped by dangerous weather and snow conditions that combined to force him back down from 17,200 feet. He returned to his base camp and awaited his flight back to Talkeetna.

OWE released a short statement Friday night: "Lonnie returns home after spending one month on Denali. We, the support team, are very excited to have Lonnie back and look forward to begin our work on our upcoming documentary Cold Love.

In the next few days we’ll be going over and cataloging footage from the mountain, stay tuned!"

In an interview on the OWE website, Dupre noted he's "getting older and it's a little harder to stay alive when you';re 50 to 51."

He also said, "The mountain's always there , I'm alive and things are good. You  never know, maybe four or five years down the road, I'll give it another try when I'm a little wiser....It's always going to be there."

The interview in which Dupre outlines the issues that he had to deal with, along with the daily reports and photos from the expedition are available at www.oneworldendeavors.com.