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Simone
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Update
5/25/2002: Summit,
Summit, Summit!!!!
We
wanted it and wished for it and not even diarrhea or
other minor problems could stop us. At 6 a.m., May
24, (yesterday), Simone Moro, Mario Curnis and Ang
Mingma Sherpa stood on the tallest summit in the
world. An unforgettable sunrise, a breathtaking
natural scenario. You could see the world from up
there. Mario, with his almost 66 years, is the
oldest man on the planet on the summit of Everest (I
will check this with the Ministry and Miss
Hawley). [Note: We currently do
NOT believe Mario is the oldest man to Summit
Everest. However there is some confusion.]
We
started out at 23.30 on May 23 and went very quickly
towards the top. We climbed with the light of an
almost full moon and our headlamps. The morning
light caught us 200 meters from the top.
In
this last part of the climb one oxygen mask broke,
Mario's. He moved for some minutes without the
benefits of the oxygen: we couldn't fix it and
our Sherpa decided to go on without oxygen, giving
his mask to Mario. After reaching the top also mine
stopped working, so I was without oxygen for the 45
minutes on the summit and all the way down. From the
summit I went all the way to BC at 6400 meters.
Mario and Ang Mingma stopped at C2 and will be down
today.
Aside
from some minor frostbite to three toes in the right
foot, I am very fine. It has been a great and
wonderful adventure
Ciao
Simone
For reports in Italian
see www.freeridespirit.com.
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