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Everest 97 NAVBAR
DISPATCHES FROM EVEREST
News Bulletin
Ed Viesturs, Guy Cotter and Canadians Summit
Thursday, May 22, 1997 -- 8pm PST
Friday, May 23, 1997 -- 9:15am Nepal

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At 7am Nepal time (5:45pm PST), Ed Viesturs of the US, Guy Cotter of New Zealand and his three clients summited Everest with two of their three Sherpas (the third is reported to still be climbing.) They set a fast, solid pace taking about eight hours to reach the summit from high-camp on the South Col. Canadians Jamie Clarke, Alan Hobson, and one of their team Sherpas followed soon after. One member of the Canadian team has turned around and is now descending from the South Col.

No news yet on Dave Breashears and Pete Athans climbing with NOVA, though they are expected to have been moving quickly.

Two of the Malaysian climbers have turned back while the other 16 still moving up are reported to be about two hours from the South Summit (28,700').

Cotter reported 10 to 15 knot winds on the summit, so very good weather, but their team arrived so early it was too cold for them to spend as much time as they would have liked savoring the views. They quickly turned around and are now descending.

No problems are reported from the extraordinary situation of some 40 climbers moving on the upper mountain at once. We'll keep you posted as more information becomes available.

-- Anya Zolotusky, The Mountain Zone and Freddy Blume, Everest Base Camp



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