Miles O’Brien speaks with Astronaut Scott Parazynski on the eve of his second summit push of the ’09 season on Mount Everest. The first attempt was scuttled by bad weather and some bad luck on the mountain. But after a few days in thicker, lower air in the the town of Pheriche, Scott is back at EBC – the weather looks good for him and the IMG team to shove off for Camp 2 before dawn on Saturday May 16.
Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist, Away Teams, Journalist, Lapsed climber, Synaesthete, Na’Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist-mix, ASL, Devon Island and Everest Base Camp... More by Keith Cowing