エディー・バウアーのインスタグラム(eddiebauer) - 12月15日 05時26分

An excerpt from @ed_viesturs book detailing his summit of Mt. Everest in 1990...and when he may have invented the summit selfie. #TBT #LiveYourAdventure
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"Then, all at once, I realized there was nowhere higher to go. I’d reached the summit of Mount Everest. A sense of incredulity washed over me. I was alone in the universe. At that moment, there was no one on Earth who stood higher than I did. I felt tears freezing to my cheeks. I took out my camera and shot several self-portraits. This was no easy task, as I needed to use my ice axe stuck into the snow as a monopod. Balancing my camera on top of the axe, I set the auto-timer and got myself into position, hoping to appear somewhere in the frame. I took several shots to make sure I got one good one. (This was still the era of film photography and manual focus cameras, with digital photos not available to me. Taking a few pictures, meant not really knowing how they turned out until a couple of months later, when you finally had the film developed, hoping that one of these precious images turned out!) Believing that I would never again stand on the highest point on the planet, I wanted the moment to last and last. But I also sensed the urgency of starting back down. After less than half an hour on top, at 12:30 P. M. I began the descent. As I took the first steps, following my own tracks, I warned myself, Be careful. Don’t let up now.

It took several hours for me to get back to Camp VI, but I arrived well before dark. I was perfectly content to be alone for a night at Camp VI, after having spent most of the day climbing alone. Not having had to share my moments on the summit with anyone else seemed perfect, too.

I was overjoyed and relieved, yet extremely tired. I spent several hours melting snow for drinks and filling my bottles, dozing off again and again as the stove purred away. Finally, fearing that I might burn the tent down, I turned off the stove and collapsed into my sleeping bag. My last thought before sleep was, After three long attempts, I’ve done it. I’ve climbed Mount Everest.”

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