Sunday, August 28, 2005
Hi Rose,
Could this paragraph at the end of the Byron Smith article be the crux of the matter?:
Byron Smith claims that he reached the summit at 7 a.m, and came back to Camp 4 around 2,5 hours later. That's a time frame rarely heard of for an amateur climber in conditions that prevented him to shoot one single picture, and turned back skilled climbers like Tim Rippel, a professional mountain guide in Byron's expedition. Only the late ace speed climber Babu Chiri Sherpa and his brother made the summit that day from the south normal route.
Tim: I guess you have to batten down the hatches again? Good Luck!
Could this paragraph at the end of the Byron Smith article be the crux of the matter?:
Byron Smith claims that he reached the summit at 7 a.m, and came back to Camp 4 around 2,5 hours later. That's a time frame rarely heard of for an amateur climber in conditions that prevented him to shoot one single picture, and turned back skilled climbers like Tim Rippel, a professional mountain guide in Byron's expedition. Only the late ace speed climber Babu Chiri Sherpa and his brother made the summit that day from the south normal route.
Tim: I guess you have to batten down the hatches again? Good Luck!
