It is something not many people in the world can say they have done. A Breathitt County man has returned after a long journey up the highest mountain peak in north america, Alaska's Mt. Denali.

Martin Douthitt says he still cannot feel the bottom of his feet.

"When I got in my sleeping bag, I didn't put my booties on my feet froze that night," Douthitt says.

Douthitt began his journey up Mount Denali back on June Sixth with three other men, all in their 60s. He says bad weather almost forced him back down after climbing more than 14 Thousand feet up.

"We were trapped there for eight days in a snow storm," Douthitt says. "It snowed five feet in the eight days. So i really thought it ruined my chances of getting to the top, but the next day cleared up and we were able to move to high camp at 17-thousand feet."

Douthitt says once they reached the top it was a great feeling.

"Especially when you've spent a little over three weeks getting to the top," Douthitt says. "So i'm glad to get this one done."

Douthitt, who started climbing mountains back in 1999, has scaled six of the seven summits in the world already. He says the last one, which is Mt. Everest in Asia is one he knows, will be a challenge.

Douthitt also says there's one more factor involved.

"A lot of it i think really depends on with what goes on with my feet," Douthitt says. "I'm hoping the feeling will come back."

Douthitt says the journey up Mt. Everest will take at least two months and he hopes he can make it.

Although Mt. Denali is now regularly climbed, just over half of the expeditions are successful, making Douthitt's journey even more special.