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...women, nine of whom are Americans, set off with six sherpas (Tibetan guides), 200 porters and 13,000 pounds of food and equipment in late August. After hiking 80 miles to reach the base of the mountain they began the ascent, setting up five base camps at progressively higher elevations. Struggling against blizzards and avalanches, only four of the ten members succeeded in topping the peak. Two died trying...
...many respects the ascent of Annapurna was not the first of its kind. All-female teams have climbed mountains before; leader Blum was deputy of a 1971 Mt. McKinley expedition. And a few have climbed in the Himalayas. What makes the Annapurna expedition unique, and what Blum emphasizes, is that for the first time women organized on their...
...other hand, if male climbers really do believe their female colleagues to be less qualified, climbing without men won't help no matter how well the women climb. Obviously, since there would be no men climbing in an all-female group, no men would witness the women's skillful ascent...
Blum and her team insist that the time had come for women to organize and lead an ascent. This, also, is an absurd way to achieve equality. Skill, not sex should determine who leads a climb. If women have the requisite skill, fine. By all means they should be encouraged to gain leadership. But they also have to bear in mind that, as females, they are a climbing minority...
...LEAST FOUR QUARTS OF WATER, ALLOW SIX TO EIGHT HOURS FOR HIKE! MULE RESCUES ARE COSTLY AND NOT ALWAYS AVAILABLE." Scratched under that was the legend "Jim Duggin did it on only two quarts, 4/13/77." I had no water at all, and I planned to make the whole ascent in three hours, so I set off at a rapid pace...