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It's Time to Get Your Dancing Shoes (and Climbing Gear?) with Mimi Zieman
Featured : MIMI ZIEMAN, Tap Dancing on EverestWe humans are a risky bunch. It seems part of our make-up, or at least the make up of one small expedition of four climbers. Their mission: attempt a new route on the East Face of Mt. Everest, considered the most remote and dangerous side of the mountain, summitted only once before. That’s not all, though. They would climb without using supplemental oxygen, porter support, or chance for rescue. And going with them: Mimi Zieman, a woman still in her third year of medical school, as team doctor. And we have to ask… why? According to Zieman, she felt…
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