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Colegio de estudios científicos y tecnológicos delestado de México
Plantel Toluca
Ingles IV
Bitácora de lectura
Gabriela Ledesma Sánchez
José Manuel Pérez Mucio
Grupo Turno
409 vespertino
Ciclo escolar
2013-2013OP-ED: FIFTY YEARS AFTER SUMMITING EVEREST, THE MOUNTAIN HAS CHANGED
Mount Everest is a far different place than what it was 50 years ago, writes guest columnist Jim Whittaker.
By Jim WhittakerSpecial to The Times
THE wind was blowing at 50 miles per hour the morning when my Sherpa climbing partner, Nawang Gombu, and I went for the summit. I stuck my head out of the tent into the wind rakingthe tiny platform where we had anchored our camp at 27,500 feet on Mount Everest’s southeast ridge.
It was not the weather we had hoped for, but after more than a decade of experience on high,glaciated mountains I had experienced worse. I believed that we could make it to the top and return back alive.
Later that day, at approximately 1 p.m. on May 1, 1963, we stood on the highest point onearth, and I became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
It’s hard to imagine that 50 years have come and gone since that day. I’m reminded of this because this weekend I will joinwith several of my 1963 expedition colleagues and celebrate the 50th anniversary with The American Alpine Club and 700 others at a gala event in San Francisco. I look forward to reconnecting with my oldteammates, but also with the current generation of Everest climbers who face a mountain environment far different from the one we faced five decades ago.
In 1963, our expedition hired 32 Sherpas and909 porters to help us carry 27 tons of equipment over a 185-mile trek from Katmandu to Everest Base Camp. As we progressed up the mountain, we entered a high-altitude wilderness composed of snow,...
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Colegio de estudios científicos y tecnológicos delestado de México
Plantel Toluca
Ingles IV
Bitácora de lectura
Gabriela Ledesma Sánchez
José Manuel Pérez Mucio
Grupo Turno
409 vespertino
Ciclo escolar
2013-2013OP-ED: FIFTY YEARS AFTER SUMMITING EVEREST, THE MOUNTAIN HAS CHANGED
Mount Everest is a far different place than what it was 50 years ago, writes guest columnist Jim Whittaker.
By Jim WhittakerSpecial to The Times
THE wind was blowing at 50 miles per hour the morning when my Sherpa climbing partner, Nawang Gombu, and I went for the summit. I stuck my head out of the tent into the wind rakingthe tiny platform where we had anchored our camp at 27,500 feet on Mount Everest’s southeast ridge.
It was not the weather we had hoped for, but after more than a decade of experience on high,glaciated mountains I had experienced worse. I believed that we could make it to the top and return back alive.
Later that day, at approximately 1 p.m. on May 1, 1963, we stood on the highest point onearth, and I became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
It’s hard to imagine that 50 years have come and gone since that day. I’m reminded of this because this weekend I will joinwith several of my 1963 expedition colleagues and celebrate the 50th anniversary with The American Alpine Club and 700 others at a gala event in San Francisco. I look forward to reconnecting with my oldteammates, but also with the current generation of Everest climbers who face a mountain environment far different from the one we faced five decades ago.
In 1963, our expedition hired 32 Sherpas and909 porters to help us carry 27 tons of equipment over a 185-mile trek from Katmandu to Everest Base Camp. As we progressed up the mountain, we entered a high-altitude wilderness composed of snow,...
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