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Hommer ascended 6,193-m Mount McKinley in 1999 and last year climbed 914 m. short of Everest's peak. Now he's training for a new try next spring. The first person to summit with an artificial leg was Tom Whittaker...
...Upward Ho! Lining Up for Everest Last june, erik weihenmayer, right, became the first blind climber to reach Mount Everest's icy 8,850-m peak, and on his way he carved a hint of approachability in the mountain's otherwise treacherous face. Now there's a veritable buffet line of hopeful summiteers, from amputees to an all-women team to the descendants of the first climbers to reach the peak. It's no easy trek: though a record 182 people made it to the top last year, 90% of Everest climbers fail. By SORA SONG...
...descendants of the pair first to summit Everest, in 1953, hope to do the same next month. Hillary and Tenzing?both have reached the top before?will climb separately and meet at the peak
...Chicago businessman took up climbing at 58 and has made three attempts at Everest. He'll try again this spring?and says this time will be his last...
With funding from a Texas advocacy group for the disabled, Guller, whose arm was amputated after a 1986 climbing accident, will attempt to summit Everest in spring 2003. Last year he turned back...