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First Woman to ski Mt Everest
Kit’s Everest Bid: Mission Accomplished

Image: NASA view of Everest/Top of the World, Himalaya (Ski Press) - Following the daily exploits on Kit and Rob DesLauriers’ adventures on Mt. Everest with Jimmy Chin and Dave Hahn, Kit has indeed become the first woman in the world to ski from the summit of the world’s tallest mountain.

On October 18th 2006, the group (comprising 14 total climbers including Sherpas) achieved the first fall summit of the mountain in four years. According to the dispatcher, some of the Sherpas could be overheard saying “”Kit is putting on her skis”. Here we go. this is history folks.”

The next dispatch reported that the team was resting at Camp IV, sleeping in their tents on the South Col, and that Kit arrived at least 90 minutes before the rest of the crew (because she skied there?!). The following day, Kit, Jimmy and Rob skied the Lhotse Face (5,000 vertical feet of bulletproof ice) – which the entire team reports on the Berg site as “The hardest skiing we’d ever done.”

The last dispatch reports that the entire team has been celebrating at Camp II – not off the mountain yet, but well past the crux.

Some of Kit DesLauriers’ other notable achievements include winning the Women’s World Freeskiing and US Freeskiing titles, and making first ski descents from Antarctica to Alaska. For those looking to ski with a legend, she also teaches clinics and leads adventures with SkiClinics.com XTeam - Ski with Kit this winter.

Story reprinted with permission from Ski Press World.

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