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Schneider reaches top of Mt. Everest

By FRANK SCHULTZ ( Contact ) Friday, May 22, 2009 - 10:54 p.m.

Janesville native Lori Schneider has reached the summit of Mount Everest.

Schneider called her father, Neal Schneider, via satellite phone, around 10 p.m. Friday to tell him the news.

For a full story, read Saturday’s Janesville Gazette, read online in the Gazette’s E-Edition or check back at GazetteXtra.com.

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janesvillean
May 23, 2009 at 6:42 p.m.
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Everyone on the Alpine Ascents expedition has made it down to Camp IV on the South Col safely. (The South Col is a windy ridge 3000 feet below the summit. The altitude is so high, and oxygen level so low, that it is within the "death zone".)
http://www.alpineascents.com/everest-cyb...

shdow5
May 23, 2009 at 4:34 p.m.
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AWESOME! "TOP OF THE WORLD" whoop! whoop! whoop! What an incredible challenge. Looking forward to hearing the whole story.

PVANGALDER
May 23, 2009 at 2:30 p.m.
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Congratulations -absolutely amazing. My brother-in-law Tom Whittaker was the first amputee to reach the summit of Mt Everest. What an amazing experience.

Jakiao
May 23, 2009 at 10:29 a.m.
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Yeah, stay safe on your way down. It's just as dangerous as the way up, if not more dangerous. Congrats!

bennetonf1
May 23, 2009 at 10:06 a.m.
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Just remember, the descent isn't a piece of cake. Good Luck and be carefull!

jax4gb
May 23, 2009 at 7:24 a.m.
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Congrats!!!

janesvillean
May 23, 2009 at 12:44 a.m.
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Earlier story here:
http://gazettextra.com/news/2009/may/20/...
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Though an incredible number of climbers are summitting this year, Everest still remains deadly, with three deaths this year so far. All told over 9% of climbers have not made it back off the mountain alive.
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Interestingly, there was another woman with MS climbing this year; she did not summit, though, which apparently makes Schneider the first.
http://wendybooker.wordpress.com/

casey
May 22, 2009 at 11:31 p.m.
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Good for Her! You go girl!

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