First Ascent at the south summit
Most of the first team at the south summit at 6:30 AM local time; Ed Viesturs a bit behind. A bit crowded up there; hopeful for some more shots coming
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Archive for the day “May 18, 2009”
“A good night to go for a walk to the top of the world”
Now that’s a good quote. Not sure if that was Peter Whittaker or someone else from the team. But it was good. First ascent team departs….11 PM local time. This just posted.
Everestnews.net is reporting that the Kanagawa University team from Japan has summited two climbers today: Yasunori Tanaka, age 57 and Kenta Miyamori, 28 at 10:45 AM local time. Congratulations!
Head on over to Alan Arnette’s 2009 Everest site for continual updates from here on in. The thought of putting 100 people on top of Everest in a day is astounding, to me anyway.
Up to the summit!
The Adventure Consultant team reports that they have started up from the south col to the summit, along with several other teams, something like 100 in all heading up. Looks like it will be a busy morning on the summit.
