FRONTLINE: storm over everest: summit attempt blog

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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.

Chinese Summit Held Up by Weather
By Doug Pierson on May 1, 2008 3:02 PM | Comments (0)

*A Note from the Co-producer*

The Chinese summit team has reportedly been held at Advanced Base Camp on the North Side of Everest due to weather, but weather reports indicate a possible break in heavy winds May 3-6. Meanwhile, Chinese fighter jets have been flying over the mountain on the lookout for potential protesters breaking the set rules during the weather window, and the state-run China Central Television has begun live broadcasts from base camp in anticipation of a successful summit attempt.

The Chinese climbers reportedly left base camp with a number of torches, though the torches were specially designed to function at altitude.

Callie Taintor Wiser
Co-producer, Storm Over Everest

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