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Maegan Carney has given up her quest to become the first woman and
first North American to ski from the summit of Mount Everest this
season.
 Blizzards
and avalanches
After nearly one month on the world’s tallest mountain, where the
two-time world extreme ski champion weathered incredible blizzards,
avalanche and a lot of really big mountain skiing, Carney has headed
for home.
' Maegan Carney has decided very decisively and with the great confidence
that she is capable to do, that the dream is over for this year
on her skiing Everest,' writes expedition leader Wally Berg. 'It
won’t happen. I say it’s an adjustment because it’s been a year
now that, for me personally, I’ve lived with the dream of Maegan
skiing this mountain and I know that she is one of the only people
in the world who could do it, perhaps the person who is right for
it this year from her end.
'But these things always
have to come from deep inside and always have to be based on the
absolute responsibility of knowing the mountain’s letting you do
what you can do in a given year. Maegan will be back, I hope. Maegan’s
dream to be what she is and inspire people is not over.'
A hard decision
Carney garnered a lot of press on her attempt, but was continually
hampered by blizzards, deep snow and unstable conditions as the
Himalayan monsoon season extended further into the month. Despite
the fact that many of her fellow climbers remain on the mountain,
Couloir Publisher Craig Dostie for one applauded Carney’s decision.
“No one has ever been successful on Everest this late in the year,
and it sounds to me like she made the right decision,” said Dostie.
“Tenacity is certainly a mark of great mountaineers, but it has
to be married with good decision-making. I bet she learned a lot
for her next attempt with all she went through this year.”
[Source: Skipressnews]
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