Former American Journalist Elizabeth Hawley Reflects on Mt. Everest Experiences
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At 29,000 feet, Mount Everest is the ultimate challenge for mountain climbers worldwide. But despite never setting her foot upon its soil, American Elizabeth Hawley is considered the world's expert on the peak. The 87-year-old shares some of her memories of the climbers she's met over the years. Here's more.
Over fifty years living in the shadow of Mount Everest has made U.S.-born Elizabeth Hawley the unrivaled authority on the world's highest peak. Not bad for a former journalist who has never set foot on the snow of base camp.
When the 87-year-old Hawley came to Nepal in 1960 as a journalist for Time magazine, she had no idea that she was on the road to becoming the most highly respected chronicler of mountain climbing in the Himalayan nation. Nepal is home to eight of the world's 14 highest peaks.
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Born in Chicago in 1923, Hawley began reporting for Reuters in 1962, nine years after the pioneering climb of Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay opened the gates to global tourism in the mountainous nation.
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[Elizabeth Hawley, Former Journalist]:
"I think the main reason is, some people just like climbing, they just like the challenge to themselves, pushing themselves as far as they can go, seeing how far they can go."
Though the database itself is unofficial, it is widely respected by climbers.
During the peak March-May climbing season, Hawley navigates the busy maze of Kathmandu's narrow streets as she has done for over 45 years.
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Over five decades she developed close friendships with climbers such as Italian Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler of Austria... the first to climb Everest without bottled oxygen... back in 1978.
Mount Everest is Nepal's most popular peak and attracts hundreds of climbers every year.
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At 29,000 feet, Mount Everest is the ultimate challenge for mountain climbers worldwide. But despite never setting her foot upon its soil, American Elizabeth Hawley is considered the world's expert on the peak. The 87-year-old shares some of her memories of the climbers she's met over the years. Here's more.
Over fifty years living in the shadow of Mount Everest has made U.S.-born Elizabeth Hawley the unrivaled authority on the world's highest peak. Not bad for a former journalist who has never set foot on the snow of base camp.
When the 87-year-old Hawley came to Nepal in 1960 as a journalist for Time magazine, she had no idea that she was on the road to becoming the most highly respected chronicler of mountain climbing in the Himalayan nation. Nepal is home to eight of the world's 14 highest peaks.
[...]
Born in Chicago in 1923, Hawley began reporting for Reuters in 1962, nine years after the pioneering climb of Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay opened the gates to global tourism in the mountainous nation.
[...]
[Elizabeth Hawley, Former Journalist]:
"I think the main reason is, some people just like climbing, they just like the challenge to themselves, pushing themselves as far as they can go, seeing how far they can go."
Though the database itself is unofficial, it is widely respected by climbers.
During the peak March-May climbing season, Hawley navigates the busy maze of Kathmandu's narrow streets as she has done for over 45 years.
[...]
Over five decades she developed close friendships with climbers such as Italian Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler of Austria... the first to climb Everest without bottled oxygen... back in 1978.
Mount Everest is Nepal's most popular peak and attracts hundreds of climbers every year.