More excitement on Mount Everest: A disabled climber has reached the summit.
Nawang Sherpa, who has a prosthetic left lower leg, reached the potentially killer crest Sunday.
Nawang’s fake leg was made especially for climbing. As was he, being a Sherpa and all.
Keep in mind that Everest is, like, thousands of feet high. Climbers face injury, even death, because it’s cold and icy and, way up there, you can hardly breathe, and you have to cross deep chasms, and climb vertical walls, and this year apparently, you have to survive flying oxygen bottles thrown down by negligent or malicious climbers above you.
What an adventure!
We think we’ll stay home.

Posted at May 18, 2004 01:00 PM