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Everest, not just for climbing!
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Among the more visible mountaineers on Everest were Chris Davenport, Neal Beidleman and Ephi Gildor. That's because Davenport and Beidleman brought skis.
They made tracks on Everest's upper slopes during the acclimation period, when climbers ascend and descend from camp to camp to let their bodies become accustomed to high altitude.
Their most memorable run was carving symmetrical turns down Everest's Lhotse Face -- which has been done only a few times -- as nearby climbers watched in amazement.
"Especially the Sherpas," Davenport said, when reached via phone Monday night in Kathmandu. "They were just out of their minds, cheering us on. We kind of became known as the skiers ... who skied the Lhotse Face."
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As every climber knows, an Everest expedition consists of the ascent and descent. Each is equally daunting and dangerous. But two locals locals on Saturday eliminated the ground-based descent by assembling a paraglider and launching from the summit.
Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tershing Sherpa soared in what must have seemed like the heavens on a 42-minute flight that ended safely in the village of Namche Bazaar.
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Among the more visible mountaineers on Everest were Chris Davenport, Neal Beidleman and Ephi Gildor. That's because Davenport and Beidleman brought skis.
They made tracks on Everest's upper slopes during the acclimation period, when climbers ascend and descend from camp to camp to let their bodies become accustomed to high altitude.
Their most memorable run was carving symmetrical turns down Everest's Lhotse Face -- which has been done only a few times -- as nearby climbers watched in amazement.
"Especially the Sherpas," Davenport said, when reached via phone Monday night in Kathmandu. "They were just out of their minds, cheering us on. We kind of became known as the skiers ... who skied the Lhotse Face."
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As every climber knows, an Everest expedition consists of the ascent and descent. Each is equally daunting and dangerous. But two locals locals on Saturday eliminated the ground-based descent by assembling a paraglider and launching from the summit.
Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tershing Sherpa soared in what must have seemed like the heavens on a 42-minute flight that ended safely in the village of Namche Bazaar.
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