Friday, October 01, 2004
i was reading the Seattle Post-Intelligence (that title seems to fit the era that we now live in) on Peter Schoening and saw a reference to "Seattle Climber Scales Everest," dated May 11, 1996.
The article is heavily laden with irony:
... "It was a textbook climb," [Karen] Dickinson said yesterday afternoon as euphoria and champagne flowed at Mountain Madness' offices in West Seattle... "There was still a lot of deep snow, so some of the other teams hung back just a bit," she said. But Fischer and Rob Hall, leader of a New Zealand team, were more experienced and decided to go for it.
From Camp III at 23,500 feet, the summit bid was a 31-hour round trip, Dickinson said. Moving up to Camp IV, the climbers rested for about six hours and started for the summit about midnight, reaching it about 14 hours later.
That left enough time to come down safely.
"You don't want the group out long after sundown," she said...
No kidding.
The article is heavily laden with irony:
... "It was a textbook climb," [Karen] Dickinson said yesterday afternoon as euphoria and champagne flowed at Mountain Madness' offices in West Seattle... "There was still a lot of deep snow, so some of the other teams hung back just a bit," she said. But Fischer and Rob Hall, leader of a New Zealand team, were more experienced and decided to go for it.
From Camp III at 23,500 feet, the summit bid was a 31-hour round trip, Dickinson said. Moving up to Camp IV, the climbers rested for about six hours and started for the summit about midnight, reaching it about 14 hours later.
That left enough time to come down safely.
"You don't want the group out long after sundown," she said...
No kidding.
