On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 15:36:33 -0700, lal_truckee
wrote:

Jean-Marc Boivin launched a glider off Everest's peak in 1988 - lousy
thermals, tho; high sink rate.

P.S. Didn't Steve McKinney and crew do an earlier flight from the West
Ridge?

I believe that some French climbers do what is called an enchainment,
where they climb Face A, use a parapente (a parachute that functions
like a hang glider) to descend to the base of climb B, and so on.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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