Ann Curry Says it’s “50/50″ Whether She’ll Continue Climbing Kilimanjaro
Posted on Nov 19, 2008 under General |On the latest video, Today show host Ann Curry reports that the team is about “50/50″ on whether they will attempt to climb up the Western Breach tomorrow. She noted that her original itinerary called for a climb to Crater Camp starting at 4:30am tomorrow, and a summit attempt on Friday.
Curry said that they have a five person group, made up of members of her production team, who have experienced differing degrees of altitude sickness thus far. They have decided that they will either all continue or all descend. That being said, it’s almost certain they will NOT climb tomorrow. The likelihood that one of the five members will have symptoms of altitude sickness in the early morning is high. On the video, mountaineer Ed Viesturs warns Curry not to ascend if the team has any symptoms and to err on the side of caution, meaning to descend, rather than taking another rest day at Arrow Glacier.
The latest video of Ann on Kilimanjaro:
by Alfred Westerburg, on November 20 2008 @ 12:36 am
She’s done. Come on home, Ann.