I only took a quick glance at the book, but I remember there being members from New Zealand and Japan. There were probably more. It's worth checking out, I guess.
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 6:06 AM, Stephen Humphreys <[email protected]>wrote: > Do you know what the spread of nationalities were within the team? Were > they heavy US/UK biased or was it very mixed? > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:13:41 -0400 > Subject: [USMA:46968] International Expeditions to Mt. Everest? > From: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > I look at a copy of Krakauer's book, "Into Thin Air" recently. I'm not > familiar with the story, but it seems it told of a difficult descent from > the summit of Mt. Everest by an international team. All altitudes, at a > glance, were in feet. Question is, are feet used as a standard for such > undertakings, even when the teams consist of people from the "rest of the > world?" > > Remek > > ------------------------------ > Do you want a Hotmail account? Sign-up now - > Free<http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/> >
