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| Seattle mountain climber Ed Viesturs today became one of only two non-Sherpa to summit the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest for the sixth time. Viesturs reported by satellite phone that he and climbing partners Veikka Gustafsson, David Breashears, Robert Schauer, Jimmy Chin and Amy Bullard along with seven Sherpa successfully climbed to the summit of Mount Everest and stood on the 29,035 foot peak at 6:15 am Monday, May 17, 2004 Nepal time. Viesturs climbed Everest, the world’s highest mountain, as co-expedition leader (with David Breashears) of a film project for Working Title Films and Universal Pictures. Viesturs, long considered one of the world’s strongest climbers, reported that it was a “pretty spectacular day” Viesturs also commented “We left Camp Four at about 10:15 pm yesterday and climbed through the night. We reached the South Summit at sunrise and continued on to the Summit where we arrived around 6:00 am or 6:30 am in the morning today”, adding “It was a great day, David and Robert were able to do some filming on the Summit, on the South Summit and also from the Balcony.” “That's the reason we went up today, not just to get to the summit but also to get some footage and some scenic shots for the film.” Ed Viesturs has climbed Mount Everest five previous times including as expedition leader and cast member of the 1996 IMAX film “Everest” also with David Breashears. Ed Viesturs has successfully climbed all but one of the 14 highest mountains on earth, and all without the use of supplemental oxygen.
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