Local News in Brief : Himalaya Climbers Return
The first U.S. team of mountain climbers to scale 24,688-foot-high Annapurna IV in the Himalayas arrived Tuesday at Los Angeles International Airport to cheers, hugs, kisses and a few tears of joy.
“It feels good to be on firm ground,” said Tim Schinhofen, 34, of El Toro, who along with his guide, Pemba Norbu, reached the summit on Oct. 10, becoming the first people to climb the almost vertical northwest face of the Nepalese mountain.
“That was the goal of the expedition, to get at least one person on top,” said team leader Steve Brimmer, 37, of Malibu.
The team left Los Angeles for Nepal on Sept. 9.
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