News from all over - Mt Everest
Scott Parazynski is a man with many talents. This 47-year-old NASA astronaut has been to space five times, has a doctorate of medicine from Stanford University, lived overseas most of his adolescence, is an experienced pilot, has two children, and now, he is climbing Mt. Everest.
He left Houston on March 23 for a 24-hour flight to Nepal. He stopped in Denver, Los Angeles, Bangkok and Katmandu before arriving in the Himalayas to begin a seven-day walk to the base of Mt. Everest. The rocky, hostile mountain environment will be home to Parazynski and his team for six to eight weeks as they make a slow ascent to the summit of Earth’s tallest mountain.
“I’ve flown in space five times, but I am also a mountaineer and explorer. I just love going to challenging places and seeing what’s there,” Parazynski said.
Parazynski has been planning this expedition for more than 15 years. He was originally scheduled to join an expedition to climb Mt. Everest in 1992, but his selection into the astronaut corps and subsequent space mission postponed his expedition plans until this year. He recently returned from shuttle mission STS-120 and chose to spend his vacation time and money on the climb.
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He left Houston on March 23 for a 24-hour flight to Nepal. He stopped in Denver, Los Angeles, Bangkok and Katmandu before arriving in the Himalayas to begin a seven-day walk to the base of Mt. Everest. The rocky, hostile mountain environment will be home to Parazynski and his team for six to eight weeks as they make a slow ascent to the summit of Earth’s tallest mountain.
“I’ve flown in space five times, but I am also a mountaineer and explorer. I just love going to challenging places and seeing what’s there,” Parazynski said.
Parazynski has been planning this expedition for more than 15 years. He was originally scheduled to join an expedition to climb Mt. Everest in 1992, but his selection into the astronaut corps and subsequent space mission postponed his expedition plans until this year. He recently returned from shuttle mission STS-120 and chose to spend his vacation time and money on the climb.
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