Viesturs Makes History With Summit
"It is one of the happiest days of my life, one of the hardest days of my life."
From Lindsay Yaw, msn.com-
2:35 p.m. Nepal time, Thursday, May 12, 2005 - After a brutally long 11-hour ascent of Annapurna, a 26,545-foot peak in Nepal, Ed Viesturs, 45, succeeded in his 16-year endeavor of becoming the first American to summit all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks. At 2:35 p.m., the base camp radio crackled with climbing partner Veikka Gustafsson's voice hollering, "We finally arrived!"
"It is one of the happiest days of my life, one of the hardest days of my life," Ed Viesturs said in the radio call to base camp. Just then, the camp erupted in yahoos from the other American climbing team, bravos from the Italians, and cheers from everyone who could hear our excitement.
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