Saturday, March 1, 2008

The kid who climbed Everest

In preparation for his climb bear went some where in the Himalayas and climbed to seventh tallest peak in the world which was still almost a mile shorter than Everest. After he returned home an got his sponsorship him and Mick left two weeks early to acclimatize. The air lines flew them over first class and when they went over Everest they went in the cockpit and the pilot told them it was negative fifty five. after they arrived they spent a few days in town then got a helicopter into the foot hills of the Himalayas to start towards base camp so they could acclimatize. The reason they wanted to go early is because eighty percent of the climbers that reach the summit spent at least an extra week acclimatizing and they figured they needed all they help they could get.

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