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Two years ago, Ed Viesturs made a promise on The Colbert Report. In his March 14, 2007 interview with Stephen Colbert, Ed agreed to plant a Colbert Report flag on top of Everest the next time he went. Tune in tomorrow to see if Ed made good on that promise.
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Everest Dispatch #89
May 27, 2009
Namche, Nepal
By Dave Hahn
The cyclone pushed us out of Everest Basecamp. Early yesterday morning, it tried to crush us in our tents. Heavy, wet snow was falling at the rate of perhaps three inches per hour. Everything was getting buried fast… tents, yaks, climbing gear. It was [...]
Everest Dispatch #88
May 25, 2009
Everest Basecamp
By Dave Hahn
I don’t think I’ve ever seen an Everest season end so early or so abruptly. It began snowing hard at basecamp at around 6 AM and that has continued without pause for the entire day. Cyclone 02B out of the Bay of Bengal is the likely [...]
*Next dispatch from the team will be at the South Col, their descent
will take approximately 4 hours
Team Hahn Summit Day Audio Dispatch #01
Everest Dispatch #79
11:30pm May 22 Nepal Time
Everest Dispatch #78
10:00pm May 22 Nepal Time
26,000 ft
Transcript:
Linden Mallory, Base Camp Manager (LM): Go ahead Dave this is base.
Dave Hahn (DH): Base camp. So it’s 10pm. We’re awake and our stoves are going. I think we are going to go ahead with the “walking at midnight” plan. We still got wind here but here at [...]
Everest Dispatch #77
8:00pm May 22 Nepal Time
Transcript:
Dave Hahn (DH): First Ascent base camp. First Ascent base camp. Do you copy Camp 4?
Linden Mallory, Base Camp Manager (LM): Hi Dave. This is base. Go ahead.
(DH): Hey Linden. 8[pm] in the evening. The wind still sounds just as bad on the tents. I’m guessing blowing in [...]
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