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	Ed Viesturs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ed Viesturs (June 22, 1959-), American, is one of the world's premier high-altitude mountaineers.
		Viesturs also has summitted Mount Everest six times, a feat that, excluding sherpas, has only been surpassed by Pete Athans.
		Born and raised in Rockford, Illinois, Viesturs moved to Seattle, Washington in 1977 to attend the University of Washington.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ed_Viesturs (386 words)

	Ed Viesturs Wears SOLE Custom Footbeds
		Ed Viesturs is America's leading high altitude mountaineer, having climbed many of the world's most challenging summits, including ascending Mount Everest five times.
		Viesturs is the only American and one of five people to climb the six highest peaks in the world -- all without supplemental oxygen.
		Viesturs was born in 1959 and grew up in the flatlands of Rockford, Illinois, where the highest objects on the horizon were water towers.
	www.yoursole.co.uk /extreme_athletes/ed_viesturs.htm (631 words)

	Ed Viesturs Annapurna Endeavor 8000 Climbing Mountaineering, MountainZone.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Viesturs, who so far has climbed 12 of the world's 14 8,000 meter peaks, concedes he's had bad luck in encountering unreasonably dangerous conditions on his recent attempts, but he remains secure in his own judgment.
		Viesturs has always brought a high degree of individuality to his ongoing endeavor to climb all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks —; a quest reported live on MountainZone.com each year since 1997.
		Viesturs points to that long career as proof of the viability of his approach.
	climb.mountainzone.com /2002/story/viesturs/html/anna_wrap.html (543 words)

	Rainier Mountaineering, Inc. Guides - Ed Viesturs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Ed made the first of his 187 summit trips up Mount Rainier, while he was studying at the University of Washington, during the winter of 1978.
		Ed has repeatedly proven himself as America's leading high-altitude mountaineer, having ascended many of the world's most challenging peaks, many of those without the aid of supplemental oxygen.
		Ed also became the first American and one of only five people to climb the highest peaks on all six continents, yet again without supplemental oxygen.
	www.rmiguides.com /htmldocs/ed_viesturs.asp (195 words)

	Annapurna2002:Ed Viesturs' Personal Training Regiment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Ed uses Schiff Vitamins and Supplements exclusively because of the quality and consistency of their products.
		Ed specifically uses Schiff's extensive line of Multivitamins and specific supplements to help keep him in top shape for his expeditions.
		Ed also uses Schiff's ImmunoLin products to keep his immune system healthy while being exposed to new health risks while traveling half way around the world to climb the earth's highest mountains.
	www.annapurna2002.com /preparation/index.html (480 words)

	Ed Viesturs Succeeds in Historic Mountain-Climbing Attempt: Exclusive trek coverage found on MSN Travel.
		Ed Viesturs Succeeds in Historic Mountain-Climbing Attempt: Exclusive trek coverage found on MSN Travel.
		Viesturs is the first American to summit all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter (approximately 26,000-foot) peaks without the use of supplemental oxygen - an incredible feat that has taken him nearly 20 years.
		Viesturs also called in phone dispatches along the way to provide his view on the challenges of the climb.
	microsoft.com /presspass/press/2005/may05/05-12ViestursSucceedsPR.mspx (448 words)

	Ed Viesturs
		Ed Viesturs has summited Everest five times and conquered 12 of the world's 14 highest peaks.
		Viesturs talks about the high volume of climbers on Everest and the tragic events of May 10, 1996, when a storm claimed the lives of eight climbers.
		Viesturs describes himself as a goal-oriented person who is attracted to projects that require tremendous time and effort to achieve, which explains something he calls Endeavor 8000—an effort to climb all of the world's 8000-meter mountains.
	magma.nationalgeographic.com /ngm/0305/feature1/online_extra2.html (1486 words)

	The Seattle Times: Sports: A man confronts a mountain
		Ed Viesturs of Bainbridge Island stands on the summit of Mount Everest last year after making his sixth climb.
		Viesturs, who leaves his sweat droplets these days on back roads of Bainbridge Island for an hour every day, is riding a 45-year-old body that has taken him places few other humans have ever gone.
		Viesturs would be the first American to capture all 14 peaks of 8,000 meters or more, and one of only a handful of people ever to do it without using bottled oxygen.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/sports/2002222106_viesturs28.html (1295 words)

	Viesturs gives up on summit -- for now (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Viesturs, who has climbed 12 of the world's 14 peaks above 8,000 meters, told his manager in a satellite phone call yesterday morning that avalanche danger caused him and a partner to end the climb -- 2,000 vertical feet short of his goal.
		Viesturs, 42, a married father of two, expressed some disappointment in turning around on 26,545-foot Annapurna in Nepal.
		Viesturs and several others hauled gear thousands of feet up fixed ropes to establish five camps on the mountain.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/70625_viesturs16.shtml (502 words)

	Viesturs' record: 13 peaks climbed, just one to go
		Ed Viesturs struggled for seven hours in clouds and thin air, through drifts of snow that slipped under his feet like sand before he and a partner reached the 26,658-foot peak of Nanga Parbat on Monday morning.
		Viesturs nailed one target, but missed another by a day: He had planned on reaching the summit on Sunday, in time for his 44th birthday.
		Viesturs and LaFaille left most of their equipment at the highest base camp, where they slept for two nights, once before they reached the summit and once after.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/128146_mountain25.html (720 words)

	Climbing: Ed Viesturs Departs for Everest Page 1 - ALTREC.COM
		Ed Viesturs, America's best known high altitude climber, is taking an unexpected detour this season on his way to make another attempt on his 14th and final eight thousand meter peak.
		Viesturs said he won't be tempted to deviate from his signature commitment to climbing safely just because he's nearing the end of the quest to climb all the 8,000-meter peaks.
		Viesturs originally had planned to acclimatize for Annapurna by first making an attempt on 26,750-foot Cho Oyu, an 8,000-meter peak that has not yet been climbed by Gustafsson, and from there travel to Annapurna to meet up with an international group of climbers.
	www.altrec.com /published/climb/expeditions/edviestursdepartsforeverest (1601 words)

	Ed Viesturs Interviewed about IMAX Everest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Viesturs was stuck with the thankless job of buying, organizing and packing all the food and other supplies the team would need for more than two months at Everest base camp.
		Viesturs began to worry that they would all run out of oxygen, and then watched with rising concern as the weather began to change.
		Ed, who was climbing without oxygen, planned to leave earlier than the other summit climbers because he expected to be slower.
	classic.mountainzone.com /climbing/everest/imax (2093 words)

	Summit Journal '96: Ed Viesturs: Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Although he is the only U.S. climber and one of only five in the world to have scaled the planet's six highest peaks--including a solo on Everest--the 36-year-old Seattle man is as famous for his methodical, ultra-cautious style as he is for his résumé.
		If Viesturs summits the 26,780-foot Manaslu in the Himalayas this spring, he'll have climbed ten of the world's 14 peaks that exceed 8,000 meters in elevation.
		And, in fact, Viesturs does not want for publicity or support: He's a constant feature in the climbing press and his current IMAX gig is not only paying his way to Everest (and getting him acclimatized for Manaslu), but guarantees him even greater marketing power.
	outside.away.com /peaks/viesturs/profile.html (1222 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Himalayan Quest : Ed Viesturs on the 8,000-Meter Giants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Viesturs is currently on a quest to become the first American to reproduce this astonishing feat.
		A world-class climber, Viesturs is blessed with an "unusual physiology"; his body's ability to process oxygen extraordinarily well allows him to remain unusually alert and vigorous even at oxygen-scarce altitudes.
		Viesturs emphasizes the difficulty of taking pictures at such heights and even charmingly includes imperfect shots (from a technical perspective) that have special meaning to him.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0792268849 (494 words)

	In the Genes: Mountaineer Built for Peak Performance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Summary Ed Viesturs has summitted 13 of the 14 highest mountains in the world without the aid of supplemental oxygen—thanks to his alpine skills, mental focus, and near freakish physiology.
		Ed Viesturs, a Seattle, Washington-based climber, is a rare exception.
		Ed Viesturs celebrates with his ice axe on the summit of Broad Peak, on the China-Pakistan border.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2004/11/1122_041122_ed_viesturs.html (572 words)

	Peak performance: Viesturs has a lofty goal, to climb the world's 14 highest mountains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		At 41, Viesturs is in the 35-to-45 prime age range of elite Himalayan climbers.But once he finishes his goal of climbing the world's 14 highest peaks, he will set his sights lower.
		Viesturs helped rescue Beck Weathers, a dogged Texan in a semifrozen state who somehow raised himself "from the dead" and stumbled blindly into camp like a ghost out of the mists.
		Viesturs lives the maxim he's known for -- a mountain climb has to be a round trip.
	seattlep-i.nwsource.com /lifestyle/26331_climb07.shtml (3628 words)

	EverestHistory.com: Ed Viesturs
		Ed is arguably America's leading high-altitude climber, having summited Everest 5 times and is the only American to summit the world's six tallest peaks - without supplemental oxygen.
		Ed is currently working on summiting the world's 14 peaks over 8,000 meters, again without using bottle oxygen.
		After some basic rock-climbing in Wisconsin Ed moved on to the University of Washington where studied veterinary science and became a guide on Mount Rainier (which he summited 187 times).
	www.everesthistory.com /climbers/edviesturs.htm (245 words)

	ABC News: Person of the Week: Ed Viesturs
		Ed Viesturs is the first American to reach the summit of all 14 of the Earth's highest mountains.
		Viesturs, 44, can now say he has accomplished one of the most challenging human endeavors there is. Each of the 14 peaks he climbed is more than 26,000 feet high.
		Viesturs has submitted Mount Everest six times and he has come face to face with tragedy.
	abcnews.go.com /WNT/PersonOfWeek/story?id=755841&page=1 (395 words)

	Ed Viesturs and three others summit Annapurna!!!
		Ed Viesturs is widely regarded as this country's foremost high-altitude mountaineer, and one of the all-time "greats" in the world of mountaineering.
		Familiar to many from the 1996 IMAX Everest Expedition documentary, Ed was awarded the historic Lowell Thomas Award by the Explorer's Club in 2002, for outstanding achievement in the field of mountaineering, along with such notables as Sir Edmund Hillary.
		In addition, Ed's fourteen-year quest has encompassed many astounding successes within it, each of which would be the pinnacle of life-time accomplishment for most adventurers.
	www.everestnews.com /stories2005/edv05112005.htm (464 words)

	Climber Ed Viesturs Reflects on His Himalayan Quest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Summary Ed Viesturs is on a quest to join only a handful of mountaineers who have climbed all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter (26,000-foot) peaks.
		Ed Viesturs is on a quest to join only a handful of mountaineers who have climbed all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter (26,000-foot) peaks.
		Viesturs is now on a lecture tour in support of his book Himalayan Quest, published in February by National Geographic Books.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2003/10/1022_031022_viestursquest.html (909 words)

	MSN Travel "First and Best" follows Ed Viesturs' historic mountaineering attempt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This May, renowned mountain climber Ed Viesturs will make what is likely his final attempt at mountaineering history when he sets off for the summit of Mount Annapurna in Nepal.
		If successful, Viesturs will be the first American to summit all 14 8,000-meter peaks in the world without the use of oxygen — an incredible feat that has taken him nearly 20 years.
		Viesturs is respected in the mountaineering community for his careful approach to the tough terrain of peaks such as Annapurna.
	www.prdomain.com /companies/m/microsoft/news_releases/200504apr/pr_microsoft_20050418a.htm (683 words)

	Outdoor Research Ed Viesturs
		For the last 11 years Ed has been on a quest to become the first American to climb all 14 of the world's 8000 meter (26,247+ feet) peaks without the use of supplemental oxygen.
		These days, it's not uncommon to see Ed in our design department with an expedition pack full of tested gear, explaining how each piece worked, how it handled abuse, and how it can be improved.
		The gloves and gaiters used by Ed are given the “Ed’s Choice” designation.
	www.orgear.com /home/page/or_athletes_ed (253 words)

	Ed Viesturs Climbs World's 14 Highest Mountains
		Edmund Viesturs, a 45-year-old climber from Bainsbridge, Washington, reached the summit of the 8,091-meter (26,545-ft) Annapurna on Thursday to attain his goal of climbing all 14 mountains that are higher than 8,000 meters, Wongchu Sherpa, chief of Peak Promotion trekking agency said on Saturday.
		Viesturs, who climbed Annapurna without oxygen, climbed his first 8,000-meter mountain in 1989 when he reached the top of the world's third highest mountain, Kanchenjunga, which is 8,586 meters (28,169 feet) high.
		Viesturs was on Everest in May 1996 when nine climbers died in one day when a ferocious blizzard hit the summit.
	www.glidemagazine.com /news2011.html (393 words)

	Ed Viesturs @ Filmbug (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		America's most accomplished high-altitude climber, Viesturs is the only American to have climbed 12 of the 14 highest (8000 meters) peaks in the world without oxygen.
		Viesturs starred in the Imax Everest film, in which he summited Everest climbing without oxygen.
		Viesturs won the American Alpine Club Sowles Award in 1992 in recognition of his involvement in two rescues on K2.
	www.filmbug.com /db/389 (191 words)

	Ed Viesturs summits Everest for the sixth time
		Viesturs, long considered one of the world’s strongest climbers, reported that it was a “pretty spectacular day” Viesturs also commented “We left Camp Four at about 10:15 pm yesterday and climbed through the night.
		Ed Viesturs has climbed Mount Everest five previous times including as expedition leader and cast member of the 1996 IMAX film “Everest” also with David Breashears.
		Ed Viesturs has successfully climbed all but one of the 14 highest mountains on earth, and all without the use of supplemental oxygen.
	www.everestnews2004.com /4002expcoverage/edv6thsummit05172004.htm (248 words)

	Adventure Magazine: January/February 2001 @ nationalgeographic.com
		Ed Viesturs climbs mountains for fun, and maybe for glory, but clearly not for financial gain.
		A less admiring label has been affixed to Viesturs, too: that of “peak bagger,” a man so intent on climbing all 14 of the 8,000-meter [26,248-foot] Himalayan peaks that he chooses the safest routes, and in so doing shirks the toughest technical challenges.
		This spring, Viesturs hopes to reclimb the peak called Xixabangma—both to silence mutterings that his first ascent was less than perfect and to acclimatize himself for a quick alpine climb of Nanga Parbat, which will become number 13 on his list if he reaches its summit, leaving only Annapurna left to go.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /adventure/0101/story.html (2537 words)

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