MountEverest.net has posted part one of an interview with Nives Meroi, the Italian climber who summitted K2 in the spring, giving her 8 of the 8000 meter peaks, and putting her just shy of the record of nine by a female climber. She's heading for Everest in the Spring, as long as everything goes well with her permits and the Chinese allow enough groups on the mountain. It's quite the interesting article, as she is clearly a skilled, and ambitious climber who supplements her adventures with lectures and speaking tours, but at this point she has no sponsors, and pays for her expeditions herself.
I find it amazing that someone hasn't latched on to her yet, and made her a poster girl for high altitude mountaineering. Many other, less accomplished climbers, have sponsors. But it's refreshing to see someone who does it for the love of the sport and doesn't have a sponsor pushing them to do new things. Great read. Can't wait for Part 2, hopefully tomorrow.
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