Everest Team to Start Ascent
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SEATTLE — The Northwest American Everest Expedition plans to move out Saturday from its base camp more than halfway up the world’s highest peak in anticipation of reaching the summit next week, a Seattle spokesman said today.
Dan McConnell reported the eight-member team hopes to send three people to the summit of 29,108-foot Mt. Everest on Wednesday. Team leader Jim Frush, 37, of Seattle, reported to McConnell the first three-member team to attempt the assault will be himself, Stacy Allison, 30, of Portland, Ore., and Dr. Steve Ruoss, 33, of San Francisco, who is one of the three medical people taking part in the climb but not considered part of the official expedition.
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