Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Hi Everyone,
I was just checking out Everest.Net regarding K2 climbs this year. As I recall (and I may be wrong about this) there have not been any K2 summits for the last few years. But there have been some this year, including a woman who has actually gotten back down to basecamp to tell the tale. I was checking out posters on EV's website a couple of years ago and found one of he and Scott Fisher on K2. It's really mind-boggling. They are traversing a very steep face - this looks like it must be the place that EV has referred to as his scarriest time in the mountains. It looks as if the snow will let go at any time.
In any event, I think it's great to finally have a woman summiter of K2 who has gotten back down safely. I think that there was a French woman who did it the year that Scott and EV did it but she later died in her tent due to an avalanche(?on Everest? my memory of these things seems to be fading).
Oh well. Hi to all.
Best regards,
Rose
I was just checking out Everest.Net regarding K2 climbs this year. As I recall (and I may be wrong about this) there have not been any K2 summits for the last few years. But there have been some this year, including a woman who has actually gotten back down to basecamp to tell the tale. I was checking out posters on EV's website a couple of years ago and found one of he and Scott Fisher on K2. It's really mind-boggling. They are traversing a very steep face - this looks like it must be the place that EV has referred to as his scarriest time in the mountains. It looks as if the snow will let go at any time.
In any event, I think it's great to finally have a woman summiter of K2 who has gotten back down safely. I think that there was a French woman who did it the year that Scott and EV did it but she later died in her tent due to an avalanche(?on Everest? my memory of these things seems to be fading).
Oh well. Hi to all.
Best regards,
Rose
