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Good weather and cooler temps
Maegan Carney, on a quest to become the first woman and first American
to ski from the top of Mount Everest, is keeping her skis close
to her as the weather holds out for her summit attempt.
'As it's turned out, it's been a beautiful fall day. Clear weather
throughout, we can see snow moving off the ridges up very high meaning
the winds are here. Cooler temperature, the Icefall was not nearly
as hot as it's been before. And I'm really proud to say that the
entire team are at Camp 2, at about 20, 800 feet.'
Dispatches frmo the team say that the Lhotse Face "looks way ski-able
this season," and that Carney has been scoping her lines and getting
some climbing and turns in.
Listen to your
instincts
It's a good thing the two time former World Extreme Ski Champion
keeps has decided to keep her boards with her at all times as earlier
in the week an avalanche completely obliterated a gear cache higher
on the mountain.
' I had told Maegan she should leave her skis there and we could
get them later and move them on to Camp 2,' wrote Berg, a colleague.
'She thought about it but she said, 'You know, I just feel better
keeping my skis on me.' And she carried her skis back down to Camp
1.
Her skier's and mountaineer's
instinct that said "Keep those skis!" was vindicated. She had no
rational reason not to leave them that day but she just felt better
taking them back to Camp 1, and still has her skis. A Nikon camera,
20 rolls of film, a down suit and some other items are under that
debris. It remains to be seen whether they are found sometime later
this season.
For more on the quest,
check out www.bergadventures.com.
[Source: Skipressworld.com]
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