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Everest Update: Scott is on his way

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
March 23, 2009

Return to Everest 2009 Update 23 March: Travel Notes From Scott Parazynski, OnOrbit.com
Day 1/March 22, 2009 (Sunday) The first steps are some of the hardest
“Every journey begins with a single, critical step. Once in motion, keeping your heading and inertia becomes much easier, the goal more in focus. I am now thankfully very much in motion, half a world away from home, blogging from the comfort of a cafe in the Frankfurt (Germany) airport, ABBA playing somewhat annoyingly the background. Ten hours ago, riding to the airport with Gail, Luke and Jenna, I had a tight knot in my stomach, trying to make light of the “quick trip” I had planned to Everest’s summit and back, and otherwise trying to remain upbeat despite the anguish of separation we’d soon face. A curbside drop-off with two enormous and overweight duffels made the goodbye hugs pass too quickly, but once inside the terminal I pushed away any uncertainty I might have had and strode with confidence towards the Lufthansa counter. With just under 4 hours of sleep last night and weeks of planning and training, plus months of daily dreaming of it, I was finally on my way back to the Himalayas!”
Former Astronaut To Take Social Media to New Heights, Universe Today
“In 2008, astronaut Scott Parazynski came within 24 hours of reaching the summit of Mt. Everest when a painful back injury forced him to abandon his climb. Now, Parazynski is on his way back for another attempt at summitting the world’s highest mountain peak. But this time, he wants to take the rest of the world with him. If everything works as planned, Parazynski will blog, podcast, vodcast and more during the climb, and he even wants to Twitter from the summit.”
Follow Scott on Twitter at SPOTScott

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