Our Sites: Altrec.com Outlet Great Outdoors New GreatOutdoors Store Opening
GreatOutdoors.com Search
  • Search Stories
  • Search for Gear & Clothing
Everest 2009 Home Sponsored by National Geographic Books

Zero Visibility Stalls Summit Attempt

By Ed Viesturs - May 17th, 2009 11:31 am GMT -0700

Via Satellite Phone - LISTEN IN!

Hey everyone. It’s Ed Viesturs calling. It’s midnight here and we’ve finally made the decision not to go, even though the winds have died somewhat. The cloud cap that started on the summit grew and it’s now basically engulfed us here at the South Col so visibility is about zero. So we decided to call it for today. We’re just going to hang out here tomorrow and make an attempt again tomorrow evening. Thanks for checking in.


Found In:

Comments

Better to be safe

get some good rest check in tomorrow Bill AV co.

Posted on May 17, 2009 - 11:49am
by Bill

Good morning have a wonderfull day

Hope the day is better Bill

Posted on May 17, 2009 - 5:55pm
by Bill

Cool video too!

So close! http://blog.firstascent.com is also posting regular video dispatches from this climb.

Posted on May 17, 2009 - 6:56pm
by Sarah

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
CAPTCHA
This is to test if you are a person or a bot.
Image CAPTCHA
Copy the characters (respecting upper/lower case) from the image.

© 2011 GreatOutdoors.com