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Doug Pierson

Doug Pierson Age: 37

Home: Seattle, Wash.

Education:
M.B.A. The College of William & Mary
B.A. Ohio Wesleyan University

Career and Hobbies: Previously with IBM Global Business Services
Left in December to train full-time for Everest summit attempt.

U.S. Marine Corps Reserve- Lieutenant Colonel
Two tours in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Deep-water scuba certified Divemaster

Oil painter and photographer

Sigma Chi Fraternity

"Renaissance Man" according to family and friends

Climbing Experience Highlights:
Seattle Mountain Rescue
Mount Whitney (three times)
Mount McKinley/Denali
San Gorgonio
San Jacinto
Mount Rainier (three times per year)
Mount Fuji (two winter ascents)
Mount Olympus (30-hour speed climb)
Mount Baker
Mount Adams (five times)
Mount Saint Helens
Mount Hood (four times)

Mountain Madness Logo Doug is climbing this year with Mountain Madness. Our thanks for their help making this blog possible.

In the lead-up to the May broadcast of Storm Over Everest, FRONTLINE takes you to Nepal to follow climber Doug Pierson on his first attempt to summit Everest. Pierson's journey will take him on the same route climbed by the teams caught in the 1996 storm.

Torch Relay Coverage Update
By Doug Pierson on April 24, 2008 5:49 PM | Comments (0)

*A Note from the Co-producer*

As noted previously, the Chinese announced earlier this week that there was a change to the scheduled coverage of the Olympic Torch Relay by the international media. The change would have compressed the reporters’ trip from Beijing to the base of the North Side of Mount Everest to three days. Reporters complained to Chinese authorities that such rapid elevation gain would endanger their health as proper acclimatization would not be possible. The Chinese relented but the confusing chain of events following the announcement of yet another new schedule seems to have excluded many of the journalists originally invited by the Chinese to cover the event.

Callie Taintor Wiser

Co-producer, Storm Over Everest

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