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Archive Home > 2006 > May > 19 > It's rush hour atop Everest

It's rush hour atop Everest

Bend climbers find the way crowded as they near world's highest summit

By Mark Morical / The Bulletin
May 19, 2006

As four mountaineering guides from Bend are poised to reach the summit of Mount Everest, they have encountered an increasingly familiar problem on the world's highest peak.

It's crowded at the top.

As of Thursday, Robert Link, J.J. Justman, Garrett Madison and Mike Lindaas were at camp three....

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