Johnck Media » erik http://www.johnckmedia.com Official website of Johnck Media Fri, 21 May 2010 14:54:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Climbing Everest with Blind Climber Erik Weihenmayer http://www.johnckmedia.com/2007/climbing-everest-with-blind-climber-erik-weihenmayer/ http://www.johnckmedia.com/2007/climbing-everest-with-blind-climber-erik-weihenmayer/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:21:15 +0000 didrik http://www.johnckmedia.com/climbing-everest-with-blind-climber-erik-weihenmayer/ Climbing Everest with Erik WeihenmayerOn May 25, 2001 I stood on the summit of Mt. Everest with Erik Weihenmayer and 9 other of my good friends. As everyone was high-fiving all I could think about was my job. I had a seemingly simple job; shoot some publicity photos of Erik and the team on top with the sponsor banners. There was one problem. I had arrived on the summit later than everyone else and as I was gearing up for the fastest shoot of my life my climbing partners were ready to head back to Camp 4. Generally speaking, the top of Mt. Everest is not a place where you chill out and have a tea party (although I’m sure it’s been done by now). You get up, check out the view, shed a few tears if you can muster up the emotion through the altitude induced narcosis, and then get the f$@k down.

For the full report check out the near daily dispatches with photos from the expedition at http://www.2001everest.com/


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