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Oldest ozzie woman Jan Smith at 68 summits Everest 27-May-2012 At 10:56:11 PM beryllium

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On 27/05/2012 egosan wrote:
>At the risk of being called mean spirited:
>
>Well Whoopdie fukin do.
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>Another tourist put their money down, threw the dice and came up with
>a summit.
>Good on her. She didn't roll snake eyes.
>
>In a season of especially bad weather, press and luck on Everest. More
>discarded oxygen bottles, tents, fixed lines and bodies litter the mountain.
>
>
>This woman succeeded in her petty ambition. Why should anyone care except
>to be angry at the despoliation our planet for our avarice?
>
>... well yea. Mean Spirited.

Mean spirited? Nah. Jealous? Yeah.

Good job, ladies. I was reading a great article on Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner in a recent issue of National Geographic and the determination, ambition and fighting spirit of these women are an inspiration.

I pity those who are in constant need to put a dampener on other people’s amazing achievements.