Descent from the summit Scott Parazynski and other IMG climbers descend down the summit ridge on Mt. Everest on 20 May 2009 just after 4:00 am local time. OnOrbit video by Danuru Sherpa of Phortse, Nepal. Share and Enjoy:

Discovery: “Our first Everest team reached the summit early this morning and we have Sherpa Cam footage beamed straight from the summit to your computer in record time. These videos were sent to us by Keith Cowing two to three hours max after summit. Discovery Channel along with the Everest climbers and crew members are proud [...]

Eric Simonson just phoned in from Everest to let us know that our first summit team has successfully reached the summit and is now on their way down. They got an early start and most of them summitted between 4 and 4:30am, just as dawn was breaking over the Himalayas. Summiters include three members of [...]

Scott Parazynski and his Sherpa Danuru are standing on the summit of Mt. Everest as of 6:15 pm EDT – 4 am Nepal time Scott was at the south summit 8,750 m (28,700 ft) of Mt Everest at 2:35 am local time. Main summit is at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). 8:26 pm Nepal time: Scott [...]

Miles O’Brien: “As Scott pointed out in his last Skype chat with me, the trip down the mountain is considered the most perilous. First, climbers are pretty well spent by the time they make it to the summit (Scott had been climbing non-stop for 10 hours to get there) and second, tripping on crampons going down [...]

Departing CIV for the summit Scott Parazynski and other IMG climbers prepare for their summit push at the South Col (Camp IV) on Mt. Everest on 19 May 2009 at 8:20 pm local time. OnOrbit video by Danuru Sherpa of Phortse, Nepal. Share and Enjoy:

Scott Parazynski and Keith Cowing answer questions from students at the Challenger Learning Center of Manhattan about his attempt to climb Mt. Everest and his career as an astronaut. Share and Enjoy:

As he departed in 2008 for his first summit attempt, Scott wrote: “My hope is to be able to see and savor the equivalent of an orbital sunrise near the summit of Everest. Astronauts can see many sunrises and sunsets each day as they orbit the earth every 90 minutes, but they go by so quickly that [...]

Scott and his companions will be following the classic route first taken (with success) in 1953 by Hillary and Norgay – but they will be starting much earlier – and have much more company along the way. Let’s look back at how Hillary and Norgay did it the first time. At 6:30 a.m. on May [...]

As you can see from this SPOT update, Scott at Camp IV (South Col) at an elevation of 7,920 meters (26,000 ft). The summit is still a bit away at 8,848 meters (29,029 ft). Scott’s summit window still focuses on a 7-8 pm 19 May EDT / 5-6 am 20 May Local time summit. Scott [...]