Exploration

Everest OnOrbit Update

By Keith Cowing

NASA Watch

April 1, 2008

Scott Parazynski Everest Update: 1 April 2008 – Tengboche, Nepal

“I just got a satellite phone call from Scott in Nepal. He and his team are currently in Tengboche (altitude: 3,867m – 12,687ft) where it is now evening. They have been resting in Tengboche while their bodies acclimate to the altitude. Tomorrow morning (2 April) they will depart for Dingboche (alt: 4,530 m – 14,800 ft). Once there they will rest again to continue their process of acclimatization to ever increasing altitude.”

More info at onorbit.com/everest

Keith Cowing

Biologist, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Biologist and Payload integrator, Editor of NASAWatch.com and Astrobiology.com, Lapsed climber, Explorer, Synaesthete, Former Challenger Center board member 🖖🏻