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buddy welcome welcome to space center

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houston good to see you all great crowd

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welcome to this uh group uh from india

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uh give them a round of applause for

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being here and

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making space truly an international

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experience um for me this uh began about

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a year ago was actually i looked at my

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calendar it was december 22nd 2008.

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i had just been fired a couple of weeks

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prior from cnn and

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i had a lot of free time on my hands and

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i was wondering what to do with my life

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and i ran into scott perezinski at grand

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central terminal in new york city he

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came up to my shoe sign stand and asked

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asked for

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spit shine i gave it to him he gave me a

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nice tip and bought me lunch and we

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talked a little bit about

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his attempt to go to everest the

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previous year where he came ever so

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close to reaching the summit uh but a um

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yeah it was sad it was a terrible thing

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he was doing just that as a matter of

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fact when his

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his back gave out and he had to turn

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back you got as far as three

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camp three which is you know really

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that's the last step before you get to

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the summit and he didn't make it and so

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we talked at lunch about how

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what a shame that was and uh you know

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gosh i'm available now i'd like to at

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least get to base camp and let's see if

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we can cook up a deal where we get this

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sponsor we'll you know make it a viral

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experience on the web and on and on and

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on well we executed everything about

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that except for the fact i didn't get to

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go i ended up being mission control

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which meant i sat in my laundry room in

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new york the whole time

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uh because i had another project

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unfortunately this is the world of being

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a freelancer and and this project taught

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me a little bit about freelancing it's

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an emphasis on free but that's that's

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another story we did in fact

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experience a great response in the web

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literally millions and millions of

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impressions images

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on some of these video chats we did the

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blogging the entire experience was

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really shared by the world in ways that

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you couldn't possibly have shared in

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everest summit even just a few years ago

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may 20th 2009 scott did it second time

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was a charm got up early to beat the

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rush because you know if anybody who's

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seen into thin air you know you want to

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get up there before the the rush hour so

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to speak on everett

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he summoned and um

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it was um a great experience and uh it

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turns out that there was a little

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special something that he was carrying

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with him besides his desire to get there

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that was these tiny little moon rocks

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which neil armstrong picked up on the

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moon uh on july 20th 1969. so um that

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was kind of cool to have the moon rocks

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and everest and he picked up a rock and

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thus was hatched this whole idea where

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should these rocks be of course they

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at the international space station and

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why not in the tranquility module and

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why not in the cupola which has the best

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view of earth what a good place for this

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all to be and so

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we have not just the person who uh

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carried the moon rock and picked up the

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everest rock but we have the courier

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he's an astronaut

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he's a shuttle commander he is a marine

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and we're still going to give him the

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george zamka they call him zambo is

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going to lead the next mission they're

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they're in the final stages of their

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training their time is very precious so

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we're glad to have him here to receive

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rocks take them up to the space station

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where what better place for them to live

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and be so

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without further ado i want to introduce

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my friend scott parazynski who will do

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the handoff and we're going to hear a

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little bit about his adventure as well

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give him a round of applause

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thank you very much it's a thrill to

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have all of you here especially the

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space school from india it's a thrill to

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have you as part of this and the folks

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that are watching on the web and later

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this afternoon on nasa tv welcome

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um i'd like to start off by uh

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acknowledging my uh voice actuated mouse

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uh miles o'brien here he is here uh as

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seen from his uh his laundry room uh

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miles doesn't get out very much uh

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when when we proposed this uh idea hatch

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this plan miles's wife sandy said no no

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you're not going you're gonna pay the

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bills and uh i'm gonna lock you in the

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in the uh the laundry room until these

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so unfortunately miles wasn't able to

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join us uh for the expedition uh in

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nepal but he was a huge support uh for

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the the science technology

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engineering and math outreach that we

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did as well as to to teachers and just

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the general public around the world

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during our expedition so it really meant

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a lot to me to have you have you there

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miles and thanks um it was really funny

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one day uh miles was all all chipper and

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he had a little bit different backdrop

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turns out he was at the econo lodge in

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cleveland and sandy had let him out for

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the day but uh that was the only

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excitement that he had i think during it

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you can call that an upgrade for the

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laundry room yeah yeah exactly

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uh my other friend here is mr keith

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cowing uh you may recognize the name

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from spaceref.com and nasawatch.com

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where is keith uh stand up

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there go ahead stand up keith

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i'm sorry i'm sorry you're bad

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that that might have come off as a

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little bit of a mean-spirited jab but

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there's a story behind it unfortunately

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the the brunt of the joke is me

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meals to rest and recover and uh you may

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not know this but the sherpa people are

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goon and so the door jambs were right at

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mars or places beyond so we feel very

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docile as you'll ever meet you could

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to have lived an incredibly charmed life

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fortune but you know i was born in this

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this great country of ours and uh i grew

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of everest and then bring back an

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everest summit rock and and display it

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little quarter-sized sample and then

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nasa would be after me for the rest of

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face so i i built this very fancy

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enclosure and of course all astronaut

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innovations involve gray tape

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of pringles at everest base camp and it

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single-handedly conquered mount everest

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about is that it's an incredible team

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effort and i wanted to tell you about a

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team that i was a part of and very proud

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to be a part of

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it's great to have them here as well

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but this is an amazing crew and an

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amazing flight uh to basically install a

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new module called harmony or node two

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very similar to what george is gonna

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take up on his upcoming flight this is

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called tranquility

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uh one of the things that happened

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though during the flight is uh one of

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the solar rays became torn during uh the

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redeployment of the p-6 solar rays so it

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was really one of the high points i

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think of nasa's history to come together

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and develop a plan within 72 hours to go

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out and repair

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the solar ray in a way that had never

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been envisioned before

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brilliant people this is derek hossman

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our lead flight director dina contella

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eva sarmada aziz robotics

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and swanee our capcom many many people

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work together this is uh dantani and

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stephanie

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wilson and in the backdrop you can see

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their robotics instructors they were

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represented on orbit as well

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but it really it was amazing team effort

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both on the ground and up in space

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there's peggy and yuri getting us

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slammed into the airlock

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and george was a key part of this as

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well the new module that we took up

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called harmony became a metal shop and

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so peggy and george came together and

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built these cufflinks that actually

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stabilized the solar ray and and doug

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wheelock and i went out and

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zippered it back together and it worked

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like a charm so this was a really neat

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photograph taken during the fly around

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that george did

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and uh just wanted to to brag a little

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bit about him uh he has nerves of steel

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because typically we have computers that

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talk to one another and work and we can

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feed data

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into these computers and give the pilot

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the information to

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sense how far he's he's separated from

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the space station and the rates of

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separation and where he is relative to

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the space station he didn't have any of

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that he had just the little handheld uh

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blazer that i was feeding him data in

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his eyeballs and he flew a perfect fly

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around so i know he's going to do a

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wonderful job on this upcoming mission

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he's also a marine and this is our gag

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of course we had pam melroy pambo was

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her call sign in the air force zambo

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here we became the rambo crew i'm called

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uh longbow we have boichi or taibo

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with us here as well

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but

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of all the people you know zambo scares

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me the most i mean look at this guy

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so uh with that uh we could call

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george out here and let me present this

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awesome oh my goodness

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the only thing

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it's a it's a beautiful display but it

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needs velcro it does it does to stick it

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up we do

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um

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i wanted to just say a little bit about

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the rocks first about the nerves of

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steel thanks for that i i wasn't talking

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a whole lot when that was going on so

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maybe that's what he thought

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meant nerves of steel i think i just

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wasn't

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these rocks have already done more than

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a human being can do in a lifetime uh

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they've for four billion years they were

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on the moon undisturbed

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they went through an ascent on a

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spaceship traveled to earth and then

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scott took him to the limits of human

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endurance by climbing up with him onto

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mount everest and so they've already got

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a tremendous history

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and they're about to get a mileage

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upgrade when they go on the space

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station they're going to travel at 17

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500 miles an hour for a number of years

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so they're going to get a tremendous

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trip

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and they're going to be in the cupola

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uh of the tranquility

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node uh that will be on the space

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station and they'll be there as a

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reminder uh to all the astronauts that

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are up there what what human beings can

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do and what our challenges are so this

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is a tremendous opportunity and thanks

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so much for for giving them to us today

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scott thank you george appreciate it

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so this is actually

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the fancy enclosure that i showed you

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and the

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lunar samples

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as seen from base camp and what i'm

388
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going to do is actually very quickly

389
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because we don't have a lot of time

390
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together take you through two seasons on

391
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everest the season takes about two

392
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months this is a large commitment of

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time

394
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my first expedition was in 2008 and it

395
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was tongue-in-cheek but we called it the

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can you hear me now

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i feel like i'm in a commercial uh

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um

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it was more like a home equity loan

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everest expedition when it all came down

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to to pass but

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we called it the free everest expedition

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because the the chinese had closed off

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the north side of the mountain to all

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expeditions it was the year of the

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olympics and they wanted to have a torch

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relay up to the top

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and so i assume they just didn't want to

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have any free tibet rallies on the top

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of mount everest i'm not sure what a

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rally like that would look like a bunch

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of guys in oxygen masks

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huffing and puffing so it would have

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been very short at least but um we were

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we were impacted pretty substantially on

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the season because of their actions but

417
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in any event we were able to mount an

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expedition this is my team from 2008 on

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the left is

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adam janikowski who had climbed denali

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with in alaska and then ang namya sherpa

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and kami sherpa who was my sidekick he'd

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already summoned mount everest eight

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times became a very close friend um and

425
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this is the rest of my img or

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international mountain guides expedition

427
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in the background often the far left

428
00:15:37,990 --> 00:15:36,560
there you can let me see i actually have

429
00:15:40,389 --> 00:15:38,000
a laser pointer here let's use

430
00:15:42,069 --> 00:15:40,399
technology uh so right up actually right

431
00:15:45,030 --> 00:15:42,079
up here is mount everest and you can

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tell it's not a good climbing day today

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next slide

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so

435
00:15:51,590 --> 00:15:49,440
obviously mount everest is a really

436
00:15:53,670 --> 00:15:51,600
really big mountain uh

437
00:15:55,350 --> 00:15:53,680
there's uh the for comparison the empire

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state building

439
00:15:59,269 --> 00:15:57,600
just a joke but it's uh basically five

440
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miles tall twenty nine thousand twenty

441
00:16:03,030 --> 00:16:02,079
nine feet uh as i said takes about two

442
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months

443
00:16:08,150 --> 00:16:05,600
uh to uh to send the mountain once you

444
00:16:10,470 --> 00:16:08,160
get there it's a stair-step process of

445
00:16:12,310 --> 00:16:10,480
going through the ice fall several times

446
00:16:13,509 --> 00:16:12,320
which is one of the riskier portions of

447
00:16:16,230 --> 00:16:13,519
the climb

448
00:16:18,710 --> 00:16:16,240
you can see these large blocks of ice

449
00:16:20,870 --> 00:16:18,720
that you have to

450
00:16:24,150 --> 00:16:20,880
crawl across some of these crevasses are

451
00:16:26,470 --> 00:16:24,160
200 feet deep big cyrax that may be 150

452
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feet or 200 feet in height that tumble

453
00:16:31,110 --> 00:16:28,720
periodically it's a pretty spooky place

454
00:16:33,030 --> 00:16:31,120
but we try and uh leave base camp very

455
00:16:35,430 --> 00:16:33,040
early in the morning and get through

456
00:16:39,030 --> 00:16:35,440
there before the the sun warms the

457
00:16:40,790 --> 00:16:39,040
ice fall and then things start to relax

458
00:16:42,710 --> 00:16:40,800
this past season actually had two very

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00:16:46,550 --> 00:16:42,720
significant avalanches one of which was

460
00:16:49,030 --> 00:16:46,560
fatal and i'll show you that in a moment

461
00:16:51,030 --> 00:16:49,040
but that's uh basically what it's like

462
00:16:52,710 --> 00:16:51,040
going through the the kombu ice fall

463
00:16:54,310 --> 00:16:52,720
there are large ladders

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crossing some of these

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chasms

466
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and of course you're wearing lots and

467
00:17:03,350 --> 00:17:00,880
lots of gear the boots that i'm wearing

468
00:17:04,949 --> 00:17:03,360
you see here are rated to minus 60. and

469
00:17:06,630 --> 00:17:04,959
in fact if you have time after this if

470
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you go over to the gallery you can

471
00:17:09,990 --> 00:17:08,000
actually see the down suit and the

472
00:17:12,230 --> 00:17:10,000
oxygen mask and the the crampons and the

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00:17:13,909 --> 00:17:12,240
boots that i wore on the expedition it's

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00:17:16,230 --> 00:17:13,919
it's a pretty neat display

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00:17:18,230 --> 00:17:16,240
this is uh my friend apa sherpa and he

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now holds the world record for summits

477
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of everest 18 times to the top

478
00:17:25,590 --> 00:17:23,520
superhuman athlete i we always kind of

479
00:17:27,750 --> 00:17:25,600
joke that the sherpas

480
00:17:30,390 --> 00:17:27,760
have three lungs and two hearts you know

481
00:17:33,029 --> 00:17:30,400
they have a genetic advantage they're

482
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born at uh

483
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12 to 13 000 feet above sea level live

484
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their entire lives there and just their

485
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phenomenal altitude

486
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so this is uh the high point that i

487
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achieved on

488
00:17:46,789 --> 00:17:45,440
my 2008 expedition out my tent fly here

489
00:17:48,630 --> 00:17:46,799
you can actually see the sixth highest

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00:17:50,150 --> 00:17:48,640
mountain in the world it's only a little

491
00:17:52,150 --> 00:17:50,160
bit higher than where i am right now

492
00:17:54,070 --> 00:17:52,160
this is up the lotsy face

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twenty four thousand five hundred feet

494
00:17:58,870 --> 00:17:56,480
and this is where i develop excruciating

495
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back pain and i'm talking about uh i i

496
00:18:04,230 --> 00:18:02,400
could not uh um last for 30 seconds

497
00:18:06,310 --> 00:18:04,240
without having to shift and to try and

498
00:18:07,830 --> 00:18:06,320
reorient myself and this is a

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00:18:08,710 --> 00:18:07,840
self-portrait

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uh

501
00:18:14,390 --> 00:18:13,280
supposed to go to the summit and i it's

502
00:18:17,029 --> 00:18:14,400
tough for me to even look at this

503
00:18:19,029 --> 00:18:17,039
picture if you if you know me uh you

504
00:18:21,190 --> 00:18:19,039
might be able to see the the pain in my

505
00:18:22,390 --> 00:18:21,200
face my eyes are kind of bloodshot and

506
00:18:23,750 --> 00:18:22,400
you know this is just

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uh

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00:18:28,950 --> 00:18:27,440
a scary moment for me not only because i

509
00:18:31,110 --> 00:18:28,960
don't know what's going on with my my

510
00:18:34,070 --> 00:18:31,120
body but uh you know i've dreamt my

511
00:18:36,789 --> 00:18:34,080
whole life of going from here uh to the

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00:18:38,710 --> 00:18:36,799
top of everest and the next morning i

513
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wasn't sure i'd be able to do it so this

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is the the sunset that evening looking

515
00:18:45,430 --> 00:18:42,799
down the western comb

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uh and hoping that uh the next morning i

517
00:18:48,870 --> 00:18:47,120
would feel better

518
00:18:50,710 --> 00:18:48,880
unfortunately i did not you can see me

519
00:18:53,990 --> 00:18:50,720
here in the lower right hand quadrant

520
00:18:56,230 --> 00:18:54,000
here uh and i'm just trying to stretch

521
00:18:58,470 --> 00:18:56,240
and do whatever i can to loosen up i had

522
00:19:01,190 --> 00:18:58,480
to have my buddies uh put on my crampons

523
00:19:04,549 --> 00:19:01,200
for me uh

524
00:19:06,870 --> 00:19:04,559
this is uh uh me waiting to have uh my

525
00:19:08,710 --> 00:19:06,880
oxygen cylinder put in my backpack so

526
00:19:11,510 --> 00:19:08,720
that i could try and struggle up the

527
00:19:14,630 --> 00:19:11,520
mountain and uh i took a actually if you

528
00:19:17,590 --> 00:19:14,640
could go back miles just one um i i

529
00:19:21,110 --> 00:19:17,600
wanted to see if i could do it uh so i

530
00:19:23,190 --> 00:19:21,120
i saddled up and took uh a few paces up

531
00:19:24,390 --> 00:19:23,200
the mountain and then i realized that if

532
00:19:25,990 --> 00:19:24,400
i did go up

533
00:19:28,150 --> 00:19:26,000
not only would i

534
00:19:29,270 --> 00:19:28,160
jeopardize my own health but i might

535
00:19:31,750 --> 00:19:29,280
place my

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00:19:33,750 --> 00:19:31,760
my teammates into a rescue situation

537
00:19:35,669 --> 00:19:33,760
and i would also jeopardize their their

538
00:19:39,510 --> 00:19:35,679
chances of success so this is a

539
00:19:40,789 --> 00:19:39,520
gut-wrenching moment um but i had to do

540
00:19:43,430 --> 00:19:40,799
the right thing and i this is the point

541
00:19:45,029 --> 00:19:43,440
that i turned around um not knowing if i

542
00:19:46,390 --> 00:19:45,039
would ever be able to come back

543
00:19:47,990 --> 00:19:46,400
um the other thing that i wanted to

544
00:19:50,310 --> 00:19:48,000
point out on this down suit that i'm

545
00:19:52,390 --> 00:19:50,320
wearing it's essentially you'll see it

546
00:19:54,310 --> 00:19:52,400
across the way but it's like a walking

547
00:19:57,430 --> 00:19:54,320
sleeping bag this thing is amazing it's

548
00:19:59,750 --> 00:19:57,440
it's got down that that's this thick

549
00:20:01,590 --> 00:19:59,760
but uh i had some special patches sewn

550
00:20:03,669 --> 00:20:01,600
on the front of them and and this is the

551
00:20:06,230 --> 00:20:03,679
flag that was on my spacesuit during

552
00:20:08,710 --> 00:20:06,240
sts-120 and that solar ray repair that

553
00:20:11,510 --> 00:20:08,720
flag obviously meant a lot to me so i

554
00:20:12,230 --> 00:20:11,520
i put that on my down suit

555
00:20:13,110 --> 00:20:12,240
so

556
00:20:17,510 --> 00:20:13,120
even

557
00:20:19,270 --> 00:20:17,520
you still have to get yourself down and

558
00:20:20,870 --> 00:20:19,280
it's pretty steep and it's a it's a long

559
00:20:22,630 --> 00:20:20,880
hard arduous

560
00:20:24,710 --> 00:20:22,640
path but on the bright side i'd

561
00:20:26,950 --> 00:20:24,720
unlimited supply of ice

562
00:20:29,029 --> 00:20:26,960
so i would just lay down every 20 or 30

563
00:20:30,950 --> 00:20:29,039
minutes and uh

564
00:20:34,310 --> 00:20:30,960
and stretch and this is my buddy bob

565
00:20:36,789 --> 00:20:34,320
lowery who is a hero to me he he really

566
00:20:38,549 --> 00:20:36,799
uh came through for me um he made it up

567
00:20:39,830 --> 00:20:38,559
to camp three as well but decided that

568
00:20:42,070 --> 00:20:39,840
he couldn't make it to the summit he

569
00:20:44,149 --> 00:20:42,080
just ran out of steam so he came down

570
00:20:47,110 --> 00:20:44,159
with me uh he was a former martial

571
00:20:48,950 --> 00:20:47,120
artist and a physical trainer so he

572
00:20:50,470 --> 00:20:48,960
stretched me out and helped me get down

573
00:20:52,710 --> 00:20:50,480
the mountain

574
00:20:56,310 --> 00:20:52,720
here i am at uh advanced base camp camp

575
00:20:57,510 --> 00:20:56,320
2 21 500 feet spent one night there and

576
00:20:59,510 --> 00:20:57,520
i got

577
00:21:01,270 --> 00:20:59,520
ice on my back

578
00:21:04,230 --> 00:21:01,280
hoping that the pain will go away but it

579
00:21:08,149 --> 00:21:06,149
despite that

580
00:21:10,870 --> 00:21:08,159
one of my other climbing buddies this is

581
00:21:14,070 --> 00:21:10,880
monty at camp two ended up having a very

582
00:21:15,350 --> 00:21:14,080
very serious nose bleed at both nose

583
00:21:17,029 --> 00:21:15,360
both nares

584
00:21:19,830 --> 00:21:17,039
and uh lost about 20 percent of his

585
00:21:21,029 --> 00:21:19,840
blood volume so he was in incredibly

586
00:21:23,350 --> 00:21:21,039
rough shape

587
00:21:25,830 --> 00:21:23,360
so we managed to get down to base camp

588
00:21:27,350 --> 00:21:25,840
and ultimately uh as his monty's

589
00:21:29,190 --> 00:21:27,360
personal physician

590
00:21:31,430 --> 00:21:29,200
i was able to fly out on a helicopter

591
00:21:34,310 --> 00:21:31,440
with him which is nice because it's a as

592
00:21:35,350 --> 00:21:34,320
keith can attest you know 36 miles uh

593
00:21:37,270 --> 00:21:35,360
coming down

594
00:21:39,510 --> 00:21:37,280
from base camp it's and you do it in

595
00:21:42,149 --> 00:21:39,520
three days it's it's quite a hike

596
00:21:43,669 --> 00:21:42,159
um so here we are on the left is monty

597
00:21:45,750 --> 00:21:43,679
uh in the helicopter and then after

598
00:21:47,909 --> 00:21:45,760
we've been to the clinic in kathmandu

599
00:21:49,990 --> 00:21:47,919
he's got the the nasal packs out we went

600
00:21:52,310 --> 00:21:50,000
to the rum doodle which is a famous

601
00:21:54,149 --> 00:21:52,320
restaurant in kathmandu

602
00:21:56,390 --> 00:21:54,159
and the tradition there is that if you

603
00:21:58,470 --> 00:21:56,400
summited mount everest you can sign the

604
00:22:00,390 --> 00:21:58,480
wall behind the bar

605
00:22:01,830 --> 00:22:00,400
and so hillary and

606
00:22:04,310 --> 00:22:01,840
messner and

607
00:22:06,789 --> 00:22:04,320
tenzing norgay and everybody who's who

608
00:22:08,950 --> 00:22:06,799
of mountaineering has signed this wall

609
00:22:11,029 --> 00:22:08,960
monty and i were not worthy but we did

610
00:22:13,510 --> 00:22:11,039
have an everest beer

611
00:22:14,310 --> 00:22:13,520
at the rum doodle anyway

612
00:22:17,029 --> 00:22:14,320
so

613
00:22:19,510 --> 00:22:17,039
as as miles mentioned uh

614
00:22:21,110 --> 00:22:19,520
everest never left my the back of my uh

615
00:22:23,430 --> 00:22:21,120
my mind i always wanted to get back in

616
00:22:25,430 --> 00:22:23,440
some in some fashion didn't know how i

617
00:22:27,669 --> 00:22:25,440
would do it but thanks to miles and

618
00:22:29,590 --> 00:22:27,679
keith and and other people that uh

619
00:22:31,029 --> 00:22:29,600
uh were very encouraging i was able to

620
00:22:33,430 --> 00:22:31,039
find sponsorship

621
00:22:34,470 --> 00:22:33,440
and uh these are some of them uh spot is

622
00:23:05,430 --> 00:22:34,480
a

623
00:23:07,270 --> 00:23:05,440
uh he's now summited 11 times

624
00:23:08,710 --> 00:23:07,280
just a superstar

625
00:23:11,510 --> 00:23:08,720
the climbing sherpas

626
00:23:15,830 --> 00:23:11,520
in in nepal are like rock stars they

627
00:23:17,590 --> 00:23:15,840
they really are uh super athletes and uh

628
00:23:19,029 --> 00:23:17,600
is really an amazing experience to get

629
00:23:20,549 --> 00:23:19,039
to know them very well

630
00:23:22,070 --> 00:23:20,559
very quickly i'll take you up the

631
00:23:25,190 --> 00:23:22,080
mountain our base camp is here at about

632
00:23:27,430 --> 00:23:25,200
17 500 feet above sea level

633
00:23:28,950 --> 00:23:27,440
it takes uh three to four hours to get

634
00:23:30,710 --> 00:23:28,960
up to camp one once you're really really

635
00:23:33,750 --> 00:23:30,720
fit and you can do it quickly

636
00:23:36,710 --> 00:23:33,760
camp one is at about 19 000 and change

637
00:23:38,390 --> 00:23:36,720
and then it's a about a five mile hoof

638
00:23:39,750 --> 00:23:38,400
up this uh canyon it's called the

639
00:23:43,029 --> 00:23:39,760
western comb

640
00:23:45,430 --> 00:23:43,039
it's a welsh term uh coomb for canyon up

641
00:23:46,789 --> 00:23:45,440
to uh camp two at twenty one thousand

642
00:23:48,230 --> 00:23:46,799
five hundred feet

643
00:23:50,470 --> 00:23:48,240
and that's our advanced base camp we

644
00:23:53,269 --> 00:23:50,480
spend a fair amount of time up there

645
00:23:55,350 --> 00:23:53,279
uh so we'll we'll take a trip up to camp

646
00:23:58,549 --> 00:23:55,360
two spend a few nights come back to base

647
00:24:00,789 --> 00:23:58,559
camp recover for a few days then repeat

648
00:24:02,470 --> 00:24:00,799
and uh then you end up at camp three

649
00:24:04,950 --> 00:24:02,480
spend a night or two up there up the

650
00:24:06,950 --> 00:24:04,960
very steep lotsy face that camp is at

651
00:24:08,310 --> 00:24:06,960
twenty four thousand five hundred feet

652
00:24:10,070 --> 00:24:08,320
and you come all the way back down to

653
00:24:13,909 --> 00:24:10,080
base camp and wait for the weather

654
00:24:15,590 --> 00:24:13,919
window and we tried to summit in earlier

655
00:24:17,430 --> 00:24:15,600
may may 11th would have been our summit

656
00:24:19,990 --> 00:24:17,440
day but the weather closed in

657
00:24:21,990 --> 00:24:20,000
and if any of you have seen uh the

658
00:24:23,190 --> 00:24:22,000
everest beyond the limit series that

659
00:24:25,029 --> 00:24:23,200
just played

660
00:24:26,390 --> 00:24:25,039
right after christmas uh john golden one

661
00:24:27,750 --> 00:24:26,400
of my teammates tried to get up in that

662
00:24:29,590 --> 00:24:27,760
weather window and

663
00:24:31,510 --> 00:24:29,600
and that window closed down on him and

664
00:24:33,110 --> 00:24:31,520
none of them were able to sum it

665
00:24:35,110 --> 00:24:33,120
so we we

666
00:24:38,870 --> 00:24:35,120
came all the way back down to base camp

667
00:24:41,510 --> 00:24:39,909
so uh

668
00:24:43,750 --> 00:24:41,520
back up a little bit and talk about our

669
00:24:45,830 --> 00:24:43,760
team this is our sherpa team the img

670
00:24:46,789 --> 00:24:45,840
sherpa team and

671
00:24:49,430 --> 00:24:46,799
they

672
00:24:54,549 --> 00:24:51,350
the happiest and most contented people

673
00:24:56,950 --> 00:24:54,559
you will ever meet um they're incredibly

674
00:24:59,590 --> 00:24:56,960
uh kind-hearted they're very spiritual

675
00:25:01,750 --> 00:24:59,600
they believe in tibetan buddhism and it

676
00:25:03,269 --> 00:25:01,760
was it was really an honor to spend time

677
00:25:06,710 --> 00:25:03,279
with them

678
00:25:09,190 --> 00:25:06,720
this is my friend rohan uh from

679
00:25:11,190 --> 00:25:09,200
connecticut he and i climbed together

680
00:25:13,029 --> 00:25:11,200
last season he climbed with a different

681
00:25:14,870 --> 00:25:13,039
team this year but he became the very

682
00:25:17,110 --> 00:25:14,880
first jamaican and the very first

683
00:25:19,590 --> 00:25:17,120
african-american male to summit mount

684
00:25:22,390 --> 00:25:19,600
everest uh this year so it's great to

685
00:25:24,230 --> 00:25:22,400
see him again there's a nice photo of de

686
00:25:27,029 --> 00:25:24,240
niro my climbing partner

687
00:25:30,710 --> 00:25:27,039
and next slide is this is rejoin

688
00:25:32,870 --> 00:25:30,720
from quebec and uh this is dawa sherpa

689
00:25:35,350 --> 00:25:32,880
and the story i have to tell you about

690
00:25:38,630 --> 00:25:35,360
these guys uh i was going to climb uh to

691
00:25:40,390 --> 00:25:38,640
the top with uh rejoin unfortunately he

692
00:25:42,870 --> 00:25:40,400
developed a medical issue

693
00:25:44,710 --> 00:25:42,880
on our first summit bid and had to turn

694
00:25:45,909 --> 00:25:44,720
around uh right at the top of the ice

695
00:25:48,230 --> 00:25:45,919
ball and it was

696
00:25:50,630 --> 00:25:48,240
it was really difficult i i had to uh i

697
00:25:53,029 --> 00:25:50,640
was about an hour ahead of him and so i

698
00:25:54,549 --> 00:25:53,039
was uh giving him medical advice uh

699
00:25:57,190 --> 00:25:54,559
actually uh

700
00:25:58,070 --> 00:25:57,200
sent dinuru down with some aspirin uh

701
00:25:59,909 --> 00:25:58,080
because

702
00:26:00,870 --> 00:25:59,919
that was something that was indicated at

703
00:26:04,230 --> 00:26:00,880
the time

704
00:26:05,750 --> 00:26:04,240
and he ran down uh thankfully that

705
00:26:08,870 --> 00:26:05,760
stalled him enough

706
00:26:10,310 --> 00:26:08,880
uh that he avoided getting trapped in a

707
00:26:11,350 --> 00:26:10,320
fatal avalanche if you go to the next

708
00:26:14,149 --> 00:26:11,360
slide

709
00:26:17,029 --> 00:26:14,159
we saw two incredibly powerful

710
00:26:20,630 --> 00:26:17,039
avalanches this season uh this one on

711
00:26:21,510 --> 00:26:20,640
the right here if uh rejean had endowed

712
00:26:23,110 --> 00:26:21,520
left

713
00:26:24,230 --> 00:26:23,120
right away probably would have been in

714
00:26:26,870 --> 00:26:24,240
the middle of this and this is almost

715
00:26:28,950 --> 00:26:26,880
like a a nuclear mushroom cloud when

716
00:26:31,510 --> 00:26:28,960
these things come across that they just

717
00:26:32,230 --> 00:26:31,520
cover the entire base camp covering you

718
00:26:35,350 --> 00:26:32,240
know

719
00:26:37,830 --> 00:26:35,360
acres and acres of uh terrain all of the

720
00:26:40,149 --> 00:26:37,840
the pathway up the ice fall is

721
00:26:42,470 --> 00:26:40,159
obliterated after this

722
00:26:43,750 --> 00:26:42,480
and uh so thankful that they narrowly

723
00:26:45,269 --> 00:26:43,760
missed uh getting caught in this

724
00:26:48,149 --> 00:26:45,279
avalanche as it turns out they were

725
00:26:49,750 --> 00:26:48,159
actually completely dusted with uh with

726
00:26:53,510 --> 00:26:49,760
snow and it was very difficult for them

727
00:26:55,750 --> 00:26:53,520
to breathe for about two minutes

728
00:26:57,029 --> 00:26:55,760
next slide

729
00:26:58,950 --> 00:26:57,039
so i'm now i'm going to take you up to

730
00:27:00,789 --> 00:26:58,960
the very top of the mountain uh this is

731
00:27:01,990 --> 00:27:00,799
one of the crux

732
00:27:04,070 --> 00:27:02,000
sections of the mountain this is called

733
00:27:05,830 --> 00:27:04,080
the lotsy face it's very very hard blue

734
00:27:07,350 --> 00:27:05,840
ice

735
00:27:09,669 --> 00:27:07,360
and of course we have crampons on our

736
00:27:11,430 --> 00:27:09,679
boots so we can kick in directly or or

737
00:27:14,470 --> 00:27:11,440
edge in a little bit there are fixed

738
00:27:17,190 --> 00:27:15,350
also

739
00:27:20,230 --> 00:27:17,200
protect us but if you were to become

740
00:27:21,269 --> 00:27:20,240
unclipped or or to fall uh it would be a

741
00:27:25,669 --> 00:27:21,279
certain

742
00:27:28,310 --> 00:27:25,679
um 3000 feet of vertical up this uh

743
00:27:30,870 --> 00:27:28,320
up this wall um you can only build if

744
00:27:33,430 --> 00:27:30,880
you go back one miles uh they're little

745
00:27:34,870 --> 00:27:33,440
uh little platforms that uh you know we

746
00:27:36,870 --> 00:27:34,880
we dig into the side of the mountain

747
00:27:38,230 --> 00:27:36,880
actually that our sherpa team thankfully

748
00:27:40,310 --> 00:27:38,240
did this i'm not sure i would have had

749
00:27:41,590 --> 00:27:40,320
enough energy to to build these tent

750
00:27:44,549 --> 00:27:41,600
platforms but at the beginning of the

751
00:27:47,190 --> 00:27:44,559
season the uh the teams go up and build

752
00:27:50,070 --> 00:27:47,200
up these little uh tiny platforms just

753
00:27:52,149 --> 00:27:50,080
big enough to accommodate a little tent

754
00:27:54,549 --> 00:27:52,159
and uh you can actually see that there

755
00:27:56,310 --> 00:27:54,559
are lines all the way through camp

756
00:27:58,230 --> 00:27:56,320
the reason being if you were to go out

757
00:28:01,269 --> 00:27:58,240
in the middle of the night to uh

758
00:28:03,590 --> 00:28:01,279
uh attend to uh to nature uh if you

759
00:28:05,590 --> 00:28:03,600
don't uh clip in it's possible that you

760
00:28:08,230 --> 00:28:05,600
could you could be swept on down the

761
00:28:10,230 --> 00:28:08,240
mountain and that is as indeed happened

762
00:28:12,310 --> 00:28:10,240
so uh they put in safety lines all

763
00:28:13,750 --> 00:28:12,320
through the the camp

764
00:28:17,510 --> 00:28:13,760
next slide

765
00:28:19,909 --> 00:28:17,520
here we are hypoxic at 24 500 feet uh

766
00:28:23,350 --> 00:28:19,919
this is uh de nuru and this is sun duke

767
00:28:25,350 --> 00:28:23,360
sherpa and he was ed wardell's uh uh

768
00:28:26,870 --> 00:28:25,360
sherpa he helped with the filming of the

769
00:28:29,190 --> 00:28:26,880
discovery series

770
00:28:31,430 --> 00:28:29,200
uh really great guy

771
00:28:34,470 --> 00:28:31,440
uh dinner and i got up very early the

772
00:28:36,549 --> 00:28:34,480
following morning i guess this would be

773
00:28:37,510 --> 00:28:36,559
the 19th

774
00:28:38,710 --> 00:28:37,520
uh

775
00:28:40,389 --> 00:28:38,720
yeah this would be

776
00:28:42,310 --> 00:28:40,399
a may 19th

777
00:28:44,310 --> 00:28:42,320
around five in the morning we got a head

778
00:28:45,590 --> 00:28:44,320
start on pretty much every team we

779
00:28:47,750 --> 00:28:45,600
passed several

780
00:28:50,310 --> 00:28:47,760
several teams and really felt strong

781
00:28:53,029 --> 00:28:50,320
this is called the yellow band at 25 000

782
00:28:54,789 --> 00:28:53,039
feet you can see back here

783
00:28:57,990 --> 00:28:54,799
a chain of ants those are climbers

784
00:29:01,029 --> 00:28:58,000
coming from camp three

785
00:29:02,470 --> 00:29:01,039
it's very very uh beautiful but also uh

786
00:29:03,590 --> 00:29:02,480
kind of intimidating it's very very

787
00:29:04,549 --> 00:29:03,600
steep

788
00:29:06,230 --> 00:29:04,559
up on the

789
00:29:07,909 --> 00:29:06,240
top of the mountain here we're heading

790
00:29:08,789 --> 00:29:07,919
towards camp four which is our final

791
00:29:11,190 --> 00:29:08,799
camp

792
00:29:12,710 --> 00:29:11,200
this is uh called the geneva spur if

793
00:29:14,230 --> 00:29:12,720
you've read into thin air or any books

794
00:29:16,470 --> 00:29:14,240
about everest it's a very prominent

795
00:29:17,990 --> 00:29:16,480
landmark on the way to the uh the south

796
00:29:19,830 --> 00:29:18,000
call of the mountain which is the saddle

797
00:29:21,190 --> 00:29:19,840
between lotze which is the fourth

798
00:29:22,950 --> 00:29:21,200
highest mountain in the world in mount

799
00:29:24,549 --> 00:29:22,960
everest

800
00:29:26,230 --> 00:29:24,559
and uh

801
00:29:28,630 --> 00:29:26,240
of course at this point uh i'm wearing

802
00:29:29,750 --> 00:29:28,640
oxygen de nuru doesn't need it until uh

803
00:29:32,149 --> 00:29:29,760
camp four

804
00:29:35,110 --> 00:29:32,159
but he's a lot tougher than i am uh and

805
00:29:37,510 --> 00:29:35,120
here we are at camp four uh this is the

806
00:29:38,630 --> 00:29:37,520
most desolate wind swept place uh you

807
00:29:40,549 --> 00:29:38,640
can imagine

808
00:29:44,149 --> 00:29:40,559
and uh hopefully there aren't any media

809
00:29:47,350 --> 00:29:44,159
here uh this is a joke uh

810
00:29:49,990 --> 00:29:47,360
i'm a prelude to that uh i i kid a lot

811
00:29:51,269 --> 00:29:50,000
of times that this is where uh nasa uh

812
00:29:52,389 --> 00:29:51,279
faked the moon landings because it's

813
00:29:54,389 --> 00:29:52,399
just such a

814
00:29:56,389 --> 00:29:54,399
unbelievably desolate place

815
00:29:58,630 --> 00:29:56,399
that uh you know

816
00:30:00,389 --> 00:29:58,640
you can't believe it um but uh

817
00:30:01,909 --> 00:30:00,399
thankfully when we're up there is is

818
00:30:03,029 --> 00:30:01,919
relatively calm

819
00:30:04,950 --> 00:30:03,039
uh

820
00:30:07,269 --> 00:30:04,960
we rested for several hours i got up

821
00:30:09,350 --> 00:30:07,279
here at around nine in the morning uh we

822
00:30:10,789 --> 00:30:09,360
we drank lots of tea ate what we could

823
00:30:13,430 --> 00:30:10,799
you don't have much of an appetite at

824
00:30:14,950 --> 00:30:13,440
these altitudes but uh ate what we could

825
00:30:16,789 --> 00:30:14,960
and then uh

826
00:30:19,110 --> 00:30:16,799
the plan was to leave that evening at

827
00:30:19,990 --> 00:30:19,120
around nine o'clock at night

828
00:30:21,430 --> 00:30:20,000
uh

829
00:30:24,310 --> 00:30:21,440
this is the view up towards the summit

830
00:30:27,029 --> 00:30:24,320
from camp uh four and we'll go up this

831
00:30:29,669 --> 00:30:27,039
triangular face up here to the balcony

832
00:30:31,669 --> 00:30:29,679
at about 28 000 feet and then follow the

833
00:30:33,029 --> 00:30:31,679
southeast ridge up to the south summit

834
00:30:34,870 --> 00:30:33,039
and then you actually have to drop down

835
00:30:36,149 --> 00:30:34,880
a little bit to a cornice ridge

836
00:30:37,669 --> 00:30:36,159
very airy and i'll show you some

837
00:30:39,430 --> 00:30:37,679
pictures of that later across the

838
00:30:43,029 --> 00:30:39,440
hillary step and then up to the true

839
00:30:45,430 --> 00:30:43,039
summit and so we left at 8 17 in the

840
00:30:47,669 --> 00:30:45,440
morning i really didn't want to

841
00:30:48,950 --> 00:30:47,679
be in a situation

842
00:30:51,590 --> 00:30:48,960
as other climbers have where they've

843
00:30:54,070 --> 00:30:51,600
been in a bottleneck and caught and

844
00:30:56,389 --> 00:30:54,080
frostbitten and

845
00:30:59,350 --> 00:30:56,399
just taking too many risks so

846
00:31:01,669 --> 00:30:59,360
i left early set a nice solid pace and

847
00:31:03,669 --> 00:31:01,679
we led the whole way and my ultimate

848
00:31:05,590 --> 00:31:03,679
goal was to arrive at the summit for an

849
00:31:07,029 --> 00:31:05,600
orbital sunrise

850
00:31:08,630 --> 00:31:07,039
you know when we're up in space we see

851
00:31:09,830 --> 00:31:08,640
these beautiful sunrises but they happen

852
00:31:12,230 --> 00:31:09,840
so quick

853
00:31:15,029 --> 00:31:12,240
you're traveling at 17 500 miles an hour

854
00:31:17,830 --> 00:31:15,039
and it's a beautiful

855
00:31:20,549 --> 00:31:17,840
sphere the the sun rising up behind the

856
00:31:22,710 --> 00:31:20,559
limb of the earth the whole uh spectrum

857
00:31:24,470 --> 00:31:22,720
of of light uh coming

858
00:31:26,549 --> 00:31:24,480
flashing before your eye but it happens

859
00:31:29,029 --> 00:31:26,559
quickly and uh so i wanted to get up

860
00:31:30,230 --> 00:31:29,039
here and savor that experience and i did

861
00:31:32,389 --> 00:31:30,240
it was

862
00:31:34,149 --> 00:31:32,399
405 in the morning when the orange hue

863
00:31:36,470 --> 00:31:34,159
started and on my descent down the

864
00:31:40,149 --> 00:31:36,480
summit ridge i saw the full sunrise so

865
00:31:42,710 --> 00:31:40,159
it was a really powerful experience um

866
00:31:45,029 --> 00:31:42,720
i took obviously family photos with me

867
00:31:47,669 --> 00:31:45,039
uh this behind me here is actually kind

868
00:31:50,789 --> 00:31:47,679
of neat it's a golden buddha in a in a

869
00:31:52,549 --> 00:31:50,799
case and some devout sherpa or team of

870
00:31:54,549 --> 00:31:52,559
sherpas brought that up there

871
00:31:56,389 --> 00:31:54,559
i'm also sitting on a number of prayer

872
00:32:01,110 --> 00:31:56,399
flags um

873
00:32:07,190 --> 00:32:03,350
in tibet and also in this region of

874
00:32:09,269 --> 00:32:07,200
nepal the notion is these sanskrit

875
00:32:10,789 --> 00:32:09,279
written prayers

876
00:32:13,509 --> 00:32:10,799
are taken to high mountain passes

877
00:32:15,509 --> 00:32:13,519
bridges and summits of mountains and

878
00:32:17,990 --> 00:32:15,519
through the the test of time the wind

879
00:32:19,750 --> 00:32:18,000
the sun the snow the elements they

880
00:32:21,269 --> 00:32:19,760
slowly disintegrate and and the prayers

881
00:32:23,029 --> 00:32:21,279
are carried up to heaven

882
00:32:26,630 --> 00:32:23,039
so one of the things that i wanted to do

883
00:32:27,430 --> 00:32:26,640
is also pay tribute to some of my heroes

884
00:32:30,070 --> 00:32:27,440
uh

885
00:32:31,190 --> 00:32:30,080
heroes of space exploration so i had

886
00:32:33,269 --> 00:32:31,200
these uh

887
00:32:36,310 --> 00:32:33,279
flags uh made

888
00:32:39,990 --> 00:32:36,320
that that pay tribute to the apollo 1

889
00:32:43,430 --> 00:32:40,000
challenger columbia soyuz 1 and soyuz 11

890
00:32:46,389 --> 00:32:43,440
cruise and so uh these uh these flags uh

891
00:32:48,389 --> 00:32:46,399
exist now up on the top of the world and

892
00:32:51,190 --> 00:32:48,399
slowly uh but surely they'll also be

893
00:32:53,909 --> 00:32:51,200
carried back up into the heavens so

894
00:32:56,630 --> 00:32:53,919
and uh i'd already displayed this little

895
00:32:57,590 --> 00:32:56,640
uh fancy container but this is uh the

896
00:32:58,389 --> 00:32:57,600
summit

897
00:33:00,710 --> 00:32:58,399
of

898
00:33:01,909 --> 00:33:00,720
mount everest or just down the the the

899
00:33:04,070 --> 00:33:01,919
slope from the summit because it was

900
00:33:05,990 --> 00:33:04,080
getting kind of crowded at this point

901
00:33:07,430 --> 00:33:06,000
the the lunar sample and then denure

902
00:33:09,590 --> 00:33:07,440
really nailed this picture you can see

903
00:33:10,870 --> 00:33:09,600
that little sliver of a moon at the top

904
00:33:12,549 --> 00:33:10,880
of the frame

905
00:33:14,230 --> 00:33:12,559
you can also see the the frost on my

906
00:33:17,509 --> 00:33:14,240
eyebrows and

907
00:33:19,669 --> 00:33:17,519
it's cold up there it's probably -40 or

908
00:33:21,029 --> 00:33:19,679
below at this point

909
00:33:22,870 --> 00:33:21,039
you can also see the curvature of the

910
00:33:24,470 --> 00:33:22,880
earth from this vantage point and it's

911
00:33:26,470 --> 00:33:24,480
just unbelievable

912
00:33:28,389 --> 00:33:26,480
uh airy airy view

913
00:33:30,389 --> 00:33:28,399
on the summit ridge some of the sections

914
00:33:33,190 --> 00:33:30,399
of the summit ridge are only enough for

915
00:33:35,990 --> 00:33:33,200
your uh your boot to fit onto and it's

916
00:33:37,590 --> 00:33:36,000
uh perhaps morbid uh climber humor but

917
00:33:39,590 --> 00:33:37,600
the joke is if you're gonna fall at this

918
00:33:41,750 --> 00:33:39,600
point you want to fall to the left not

919
00:33:43,350 --> 00:33:41,760
to the right because if you fall

920
00:33:45,029 --> 00:33:43,360
to the right you're going to fall 8 000

921
00:33:47,110 --> 00:33:45,039
feet straight down if you fall to the

922
00:33:50,389 --> 00:33:47,120
left it's 10 000 feet straight down so

923
00:33:55,430 --> 00:33:52,389
we think that's funny i don't know um

924
00:33:58,230 --> 00:33:55,440
but uh so one of the things that uh was

925
00:34:00,710 --> 00:33:58,240
kind of cool for my summit is that uh

926
00:34:03,590 --> 00:34:00,720
i summoned it at night so i i just kind

927
00:34:05,909 --> 00:34:03,600
of blazed up the hillary step i i didn't

928
00:34:07,430 --> 00:34:05,919
have this perspective of looking 10 000

929
00:34:09,589 --> 00:34:07,440
feet straight down i think you know that

930
00:34:11,430 --> 00:34:09,599
that would be kind of a big gulp moment

931
00:34:14,069 --> 00:34:11,440
but this is what it looks like from the

932
00:34:17,190 --> 00:34:14,079
south summit this is uh the cornice

933
00:34:19,430 --> 00:34:17,200
ridge it's kind of hidden behind this uh

934
00:34:21,829 --> 00:34:19,440
this uh point here but you drop down

935
00:34:24,149 --> 00:34:21,839
about 50 or 60 feet across the cornice

936
00:34:27,190 --> 00:34:24,159
ridge here and then the crux is right up

937
00:34:30,310 --> 00:34:27,200
here it's about 60 feet of uh serious

938
00:34:32,869 --> 00:34:30,320
climbing with lots and lots of uh

939
00:34:35,990 --> 00:34:32,879
views i guess you would say and uh next

940
00:34:38,790 --> 00:34:36,000
slide here's a close-up view of uh

941
00:34:40,869 --> 00:34:38,800
of the hillary step and uh probably the

942
00:34:43,589 --> 00:34:40,879
toughest part is this traverse here on

943
00:34:45,349 --> 00:34:43,599
mixed rock and ice and snow and you're

944
00:34:46,950 --> 00:34:45,359
very very careful especially coming down

945
00:34:49,109 --> 00:34:46,960
it's it's one thing as you're as you're

946
00:34:50,389 --> 00:34:49,119
climbing up a mountain if you fall and

947
00:34:51,750 --> 00:34:50,399
trip you're going to fall into the

948
00:34:54,310 --> 00:34:51,760
mountain but on your way down if you

949
00:34:55,990 --> 00:34:54,320
catch a point it can be a really bad day

950
00:34:58,230 --> 00:34:56,000
so you really pay attention on the way

951
00:35:00,950 --> 00:34:58,240
down but you're also distracted by views

952
00:35:02,790 --> 00:35:00,960
like this this is the the shadow of

953
00:35:04,550 --> 00:35:02,800
everest as seen

954
00:35:05,910 --> 00:35:04,560
from that summit ridge

955
00:35:08,550 --> 00:35:05,920
just beautiful

956
00:35:10,470 --> 00:35:08,560
and arriving back at base camp

957
00:35:12,069 --> 00:35:10,480
it's about a six day round trip from

958
00:35:15,270 --> 00:35:12,079
base camp when you when you commit to

959
00:35:18,150 --> 00:35:15,280
the summit from base camp to the top

960
00:35:20,870 --> 00:35:18,160
and back down and i'm 25 pounds lighter

961
00:35:22,950 --> 00:35:20,880
than when i started this expedition so i

962
00:35:24,470 --> 00:35:22,960
think i'm going to write a fad book

963
00:35:26,069 --> 00:35:24,480
called the everest diet

964
00:35:28,230 --> 00:35:26,079
i hope you buy it

965
00:35:29,910 --> 00:35:28,240
but and here we are at the rum doodle

966
00:35:33,109 --> 00:35:29,920
the famous rum doodle and this is my

967
00:35:34,950 --> 00:35:33,119
buddy dawes eddie and uh i don't know if

968
00:35:36,150 --> 00:35:34,960
if you'd seen the the discovery uh

969
00:35:37,750 --> 00:35:36,160
channel you would have

970
00:35:40,470 --> 00:35:37,760
been introduced to him but he's an

971
00:35:43,349 --> 00:35:40,480
amazing human being he's 66 years old

972
00:35:45,190 --> 00:35:43,359
and for one day unfortunately he didn't

973
00:35:47,510 --> 00:35:45,200
hold the record for too long but he

974
00:35:50,230 --> 00:35:47,520
became the oldest uh american to stand

975
00:35:51,589 --> 00:35:50,240
on the top of the world he summited with

976
00:35:53,670 --> 00:35:51,599
me

977
00:35:56,710 --> 00:35:53,680
he's an ultra marathoner and

978
00:35:58,550 --> 00:35:56,720
just a great spirit always smiling

979
00:36:00,390 --> 00:35:58,560
always positive and

980
00:36:02,310 --> 00:36:00,400
it was really amazing to share the

981
00:36:05,430 --> 00:36:02,320
experience with him and here we are at

982
00:36:06,870 --> 00:36:05,440
dinner after the expedition

983
00:36:09,670 --> 00:36:06,880
i usually don't condone the use of

984
00:36:12,310 --> 00:36:09,680
alcohol but on on occasion

985
00:36:13,910 --> 00:36:12,320
here we are with our everest beers uh uh

986
00:36:15,829 --> 00:36:13,920
and really had a great time that that

987
00:36:18,390 --> 00:36:15,839
night uh this is uh keith of course and

988
00:36:19,829 --> 00:36:18,400
then mike hamill and chris uh who i

989
00:36:22,470 --> 00:36:19,839
think will be going back next year he

990
00:36:23,990 --> 00:36:22,480
made it up a little bit above camp four

991
00:36:26,470 --> 00:36:24,000
and uh there's a very strong climber i

992
00:36:29,270 --> 00:36:26,480
hope he goes back and tops out

993
00:36:31,589 --> 00:36:29,280
and there's dawes

994
00:36:33,030 --> 00:36:31,599
so one of the fun things we did

995
00:36:34,630 --> 00:36:33,040
is uh

996
00:36:36,470 --> 00:36:34,640
had communications with international

997
00:36:39,109 --> 00:36:36,480
space station mike barrett and koichi

998
00:36:40,870 --> 00:36:39,119
wakata were on orbit my close buddies

999
00:36:42,230 --> 00:36:40,880
and it was actually mike barrett's 50th

1000
00:36:43,190 --> 00:36:42,240
birthday so we'll just play this little

1001
00:36:45,349 --> 00:36:43,200
video

1002
00:36:57,750 --> 00:36:45,359
hey mike this is uh scott and friends

1003
00:37:00,630 --> 00:36:58,710
oh

1004
00:37:02,630 --> 00:37:00,640
i really struggled to figure out

1005
00:37:04,390 --> 00:37:02,640
something to get you the guy that has

1006
00:37:06,150 --> 00:37:04,400
everything in the world

1007
00:37:08,310 --> 00:37:06,160
uh for his birthday for his 50th

1008
00:37:09,990 --> 00:37:08,320
birthday and i decided the best thing i

1009
00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:10,000
could do for you is not saying happy

1010
00:37:14,310 --> 00:37:12,240
birthday to you instead i've enlisted

1011
00:37:16,150 --> 00:37:14,320
the support of danuru and his singing

1012
00:37:18,230 --> 00:37:16,160
sherpas and they're going to sing happy

1013
00:37:31,270 --> 00:37:18,240
birthday to you in the sherpa language

1014
00:37:38,069 --> 00:37:33,829
there you go happy birthday mike happy

1015
00:37:41,990 --> 00:37:41,030
everyone here at base camp or at uh camp

1016
00:37:47,349 --> 00:37:42,000
2

1017
00:37:51,510 --> 00:37:49,030
you should hear their studio cut they're

1018
00:37:53,030 --> 00:37:51,520
awesome uh that might just improve you

1019
00:37:55,030 --> 00:37:53,040
but once you hear them on vinyl they're

1020
00:37:57,510 --> 00:37:55,040
great

1021
00:37:59,430 --> 00:37:57,520
i wish you continued success on your uh

1022
00:38:01,510 --> 00:37:59,440
on your expedition if all goes well and

1023
00:38:03,030 --> 00:38:01,520
uh in a few weeks uh we'll somehow

1024
00:38:05,990 --> 00:38:03,040
figure out a way to patch into you from

1025
00:38:07,990 --> 00:38:06,000
the summit of everest so

1026
00:38:15,990 --> 00:38:08,000
so there you go thank you very much for

1027
00:38:21,349 --> 00:38:18,470
so i i think we have time for a few

1028
00:38:22,630 --> 00:38:21,359
questions uh miles you want to yeah yeah

1029
00:38:23,990 --> 00:38:22,640
i mean i didn't mention it at the

1030
00:38:26,069 --> 00:38:24,000
beginning but if you have any questions

1031
00:38:28,390 --> 00:38:26,079
for uh scott or

1032
00:38:29,589 --> 00:38:28,400
keith or myself about the project or

1033
00:38:30,790 --> 00:38:29,599
about

1034
00:38:32,150 --> 00:38:30,800
he's got a lot of things you can talk

1035
00:38:34,470 --> 00:38:32,160
about we can't talk about like being in

1036
00:38:35,990 --> 00:38:34,480
space and summiting everest but uh if

1037
00:38:42,390 --> 00:38:36,000
you have any questions about uh what he

1038
00:38:45,670 --> 00:38:44,069
the question is about

1039
00:38:46,390 --> 00:38:45,680
the fact that your back hurts you so

1040
00:38:48,390 --> 00:38:46,400
much

1041
00:38:50,069 --> 00:38:48,400
the first time and you know what that

1042
00:38:51,109 --> 00:38:50,079
was and why didn't it happen i should

1043
00:38:53,750 --> 00:38:51,119
have i should have mentioned that

1044
00:38:55,589 --> 00:38:53,760
actually i came home uh i assumed that

1045
00:38:58,230 --> 00:38:55,599
the pain would go away as it always had

1046
00:39:00,230 --> 00:38:58,240
in the past i'd had i'm a fairly tall

1047
00:39:02,150 --> 00:39:00,240
guy so i'd had back issues in the past

1048
00:39:04,390 --> 00:39:02,160
turns out i had a ruptured disc in my

1049
00:39:06,390 --> 00:39:04,400
back and so the pain was not going away

1050
00:39:09,190 --> 00:39:06,400
in fact it was getting worse and so i

1051
00:39:11,349 --> 00:39:09,200
had surgery and uh that enabled me to

1052
00:39:12,870 --> 00:39:11,359
get back to the mountain this year

1053
00:39:14,470 --> 00:39:12,880
that's an important detail you left out

1054
00:39:15,910 --> 00:39:14,480
yeah

1055
00:39:17,750 --> 00:39:15,920
he was not kidding around his back

1056
00:39:18,790 --> 00:39:17,760
really hurt

1057
00:39:20,870 --> 00:39:18,800
go ahead

1058
00:39:22,710 --> 00:39:20,880
do the difficulties phase in the mount

1059
00:39:25,349 --> 00:39:22,720
everest and the

1060
00:39:27,589 --> 00:39:25,359
in the space a similar hour

1061
00:39:29,990 --> 00:39:27,599
well that's a great question uh they're

1062
00:39:31,670 --> 00:39:30,000
very similar in many ways you know you

1063
00:39:33,589 --> 00:39:31,680
saw on on the summit of matt everest

1064
00:39:36,710 --> 00:39:33,599
wearing the big down suit wearing oxygen

1065
00:39:38,470 --> 00:39:36,720
big bulky gloves uh ropes and things

1066
00:39:40,870 --> 00:39:38,480
kind of like tethers we use out on space

1067
00:39:42,390 --> 00:39:40,880
walks so when i left my tent that

1068
00:39:43,829 --> 00:39:42,400
morning for the summit in the pitch

1069
00:39:45,670 --> 00:39:43,839
darkness i felt like i was leaving the

1070
00:39:48,790 --> 00:39:45,680
airlock of the international space

1071
00:39:50,710 --> 00:39:48,800
station i had all this gear on i was

1072
00:39:53,349 --> 00:39:50,720
dependent on my gear my training my

1073
00:39:55,589 --> 00:39:53,359
physical fitness is counting on my my

1074
00:39:58,230 --> 00:39:55,599
mission control team at base camp and

1075
00:40:01,589 --> 00:39:58,240
back at the laundry room and uh and so

1076
00:40:03,190 --> 00:40:01,599
it really uh felt a lot like uh

1077
00:40:04,630 --> 00:40:03,200
a space flight there's some differences

1078
00:40:06,630 --> 00:40:04,640
though too um

1079
00:40:11,270 --> 00:40:06,640
i think on mount everest when you're out

1080
00:40:13,109 --> 00:40:11,280
there uh even in base camp you feel

1081
00:40:14,550 --> 00:40:13,119
at risk

1082
00:40:17,270 --> 00:40:14,560
from the elements all the time because

1083
00:40:18,790 --> 00:40:17,280
it's cold it's uncomfortable

1084
00:40:20,950 --> 00:40:18,800
you're you're exerting yourself very

1085
00:40:22,150 --> 00:40:20,960
very hard every single day whereas up in

1086
00:40:23,670 --> 00:40:22,160
space you know you see us and we're

1087
00:40:25,430 --> 00:40:23,680
floating around and we push off with our

1088
00:40:27,430 --> 00:40:25,440
fingertips and fly like buzz lightyear

1089
00:40:28,150 --> 00:40:27,440
and do all these neat things and so it's

1090
00:40:30,790 --> 00:40:28,160
not

1091
00:40:31,750 --> 00:40:30,800
uh you don't have the same sense of uh

1092
00:40:32,630 --> 00:40:31,760
of

1093
00:40:34,630 --> 00:40:32,640
uh

1094
00:40:37,510 --> 00:40:34,640
of risk or danger as you do on mount

1095
00:40:39,030 --> 00:40:37,520
everest even though it it's there

1096
00:40:42,630 --> 00:40:39,040
good question so space is a piece of

1097
00:40:47,430 --> 00:40:43,670
go ahead

1098
00:40:49,030 --> 00:40:47,440
in such an adverse area that you are

1099
00:40:51,349 --> 00:40:49,040
doing

1100
00:40:52,550 --> 00:40:51,359
what do you usually eat

1101
00:40:55,430 --> 00:40:52,560
on the mountain

1102
00:40:56,790 --> 00:40:55,440
yeah um so we we took a fair amount of

1103
00:40:58,870 --> 00:40:56,800
uh western it's not exactly a hoat

1104
00:41:00,870 --> 00:40:58,880
cuisine isn't it no well it's hot but

1105
00:41:02,790 --> 00:41:00,880
it's not cuisine that's the right way to

1106
00:41:05,270 --> 00:41:02,800
say it yeah so uh we ate a lot of the

1107
00:41:07,190 --> 00:41:05,280
sherpa food and they love uh and i used

1108
00:41:09,109 --> 00:41:07,200
to love it too called dollbot and it's

1109
00:41:11,270 --> 00:41:09,119
the rice and lentils and i think that's

1110
00:41:13,510 --> 00:41:11,280
kind of exotic it's it's uh it's a neat

1111
00:41:15,510 --> 00:41:13,520
taste but it was coming out of my skin

1112
00:41:17,030 --> 00:41:15,520
by the you know the second month i was

1113
00:41:19,430 --> 00:41:17,040
so sick of it and then the other thing

1114
00:41:20,550 --> 00:41:19,440
that they take up uh to the high camps

1115
00:41:23,510 --> 00:41:20,560
is spam

1116
00:41:24,630 --> 00:41:23,520
and i'm not a big fan of spam anymore

1117
00:41:26,069 --> 00:41:24,640
because they would fry it they would

1118
00:41:27,349 --> 00:41:26,079
boil it they would you know they had all

1119
00:41:31,190 --> 00:41:27,359
sorts of different ways to prepare it

1120
00:41:44,470 --> 00:41:32,710
space food is better

1121
00:41:49,349 --> 00:41:46,710
well i define success by making a round

1122
00:41:52,390 --> 00:41:49,359
trip so that's the so whether or not you

1123
00:41:55,750 --> 00:41:52,400
you touch you tag the summit uh

1124
00:41:57,510 --> 00:41:55,760
there are about 250 to 300 aspirants

1125
00:41:59,030 --> 00:41:57,520
each year that try

1126
00:42:00,710 --> 00:41:59,040
uh typically i don't know the final

1127
00:42:03,510 --> 00:42:00,720
count this year to be perfectly honest

1128
00:42:05,349 --> 00:42:03,520
that was the number from 2008 i'm not

1129
00:42:06,950 --> 00:42:05,359
exactly sure for this but it would

1130
00:42:08,390 --> 00:42:06,960
surprise me with the numbers in base

1131
00:42:09,829 --> 00:42:08,400
camp there are quite a few people who go

1132
00:42:11,750 --> 00:42:09,839
to base camp yeah so the the

1133
00:42:14,630 --> 00:42:11,760
infrastructure to support you know so

1134
00:42:16,309 --> 00:42:14,640
there are cooks and porters and yacht

1135
00:42:18,069 --> 00:42:16,319
teams that are coming and going and then

1136
00:42:21,750 --> 00:42:18,079
one thing i forgot to mention uh we had

1137
00:42:23,190 --> 00:42:21,760
a great team led by sabrina singh uh

1138
00:42:26,069 --> 00:42:23,200
here at the johnson space center she

1139
00:42:28,950 --> 00:42:26,079
brought in a trekking team from nasa uh

1140
00:42:31,430 --> 00:42:28,960
both years uh and i was really thrilled

1141
00:42:33,510 --> 00:42:31,440
to have have them come in but

1142
00:42:35,349 --> 00:42:33,520
trackers come into base camp as well so

1143
00:42:37,270 --> 00:42:35,359
the city grows to you know probably a

1144
00:42:40,150 --> 00:42:37,280
thousand people at its peak

1145
00:42:41,670 --> 00:42:40,160
uh a lot of people in base camp but once

1146
00:42:44,069 --> 00:42:41,680
you get up higher in the mountain uh

1147
00:42:46,390 --> 00:42:44,079
it's it's much more limited uh you want

1148
00:42:48,230 --> 00:42:46,400
to uh as i said be ahead of the head of

1149
00:42:50,790 --> 00:42:48,240
the game hopefully pick a day where not

1150
00:42:53,589 --> 00:42:50,800
as many people are going up because even

1151
00:42:54,390 --> 00:42:53,599
even uh 40 or 50 people is a crowd up

1152
00:42:56,550 --> 00:42:54,400
there

1153
00:42:59,589 --> 00:42:56,560
and uh so that we have seen days where

1154
00:43:00,630 --> 00:42:59,599
40 or 50 people have have tried to go up

1155
00:43:02,710 --> 00:43:00,640
and

1156
00:43:05,109 --> 00:43:02,720
it wasn't a factor for my day i think we

1157
00:43:06,790 --> 00:43:05,119
may have had 35 people

1158
00:43:10,309 --> 00:43:06,800
try

1159
00:43:12,069 --> 00:43:10,319
the success ratio it's a one in three

1160
00:43:14,390 --> 00:43:12,079
who leave base camp for the summit make

1161
00:43:16,309 --> 00:43:14,400
it to the top

1162
00:43:18,150 --> 00:43:16,319
and on that ridge it's it's a one-way

1163
00:43:19,829 --> 00:43:18,160
path you can't that's right right you

1164
00:43:21,750 --> 00:43:19,839
that you have to wait you have to wait

1165
00:43:22,550 --> 00:43:21,760
on one one side of the cornice or the

1166
00:43:24,470 --> 00:43:22,560
other

1167
00:43:26,390 --> 00:43:24,480
anybody else questions if you are given

1168
00:43:29,270 --> 00:43:26,400
a chance to live in moon what would you

1169
00:43:31,510 --> 00:43:29,280
do how would you feel i'm sorry if you

1170
00:43:33,270 --> 00:43:31,520
had the chance to live in moon oh what

1171
00:43:35,190 --> 00:43:33,280
would you do how would you feel

1172
00:43:38,069 --> 00:43:35,200
i would be thrilled to live on the moon

1173
00:43:40,630 --> 00:43:38,079
and i i hope that uh um in the the years

1174
00:43:43,109 --> 00:43:40,640
to come uh we will be going back to the

1175
00:43:45,030 --> 00:43:43,119
moon to live to stay for not just a few

1176
00:43:47,030 --> 00:43:45,040
days at a time but to explore

1177
00:43:49,990 --> 00:43:47,040
um to uh

1178
00:43:52,150 --> 00:43:50,000
to visit uh you know unseen craters to

1179
00:43:53,270 --> 00:43:52,160
see if we can live off of the land maybe

1180
00:43:55,349 --> 00:43:53,280
even to use

1181
00:43:57,190 --> 00:43:55,359
the the structure of the craters there

1182
00:43:59,990 --> 00:43:57,200
for radio astronomy there are all sorts

1183
00:44:01,030 --> 00:44:00,000
of things that we could do to explore uh

1184
00:44:03,190 --> 00:44:01,040
the moon

1185
00:44:05,349 --> 00:44:03,200
and also understand the origins of of

1186
00:44:07,589 --> 00:44:05,359
our solar system and then also use that

1187
00:44:09,990 --> 00:44:07,599
as a test bed so that we can ultimately

1188
00:44:11,750 --> 00:44:10,000
get to the planet mars which uh has a

1189
00:44:14,150 --> 00:44:11,760
lot of promise for

1190
00:44:15,670 --> 00:44:14,160
uh understanding how life might have

1191
00:44:17,510 --> 00:44:15,680
once evolved

1192
00:44:19,510 --> 00:44:17,520
in another planet what's the tallest

1193
00:44:21,750 --> 00:44:19,520
peak in the moon do you know

1194
00:44:23,430 --> 00:44:21,760
i think it's like 10 000 feet yeah

1195
00:44:25,270 --> 00:44:23,440
anyone ten thousand feet at one sixth

1196
00:44:26,790 --> 00:44:25,280
gravity no problem right you can do that

1197
00:44:28,790 --> 00:44:26,800
in a day yeah it'd be a stroll right

1198
00:44:31,109 --> 00:44:28,800
yeah and then actually the olympus mons

1199
00:44:33,109 --> 00:44:31,119
on mars is 25 miles tall so it's five

1200
00:44:35,990 --> 00:44:33,119
times as high as everest yeah but that's

1201
00:44:37,910 --> 00:44:36,000
one third g's that would be a beautiful

1202
00:44:39,750 --> 00:44:37,920
anybody else yeah go ahead

1203
00:44:41,750 --> 00:44:39,760
so scott what now

1204
00:44:44,710 --> 00:44:41,760
uh well uh you know life is very

1205
00:44:46,550 --> 00:44:44,720
exciting i i have uh um

1206
00:44:49,349 --> 00:44:46,560
this is kind of this actual event is

1207
00:44:51,190 --> 00:44:49,359
sort of uh the final chapter in my uh my

1208
00:44:53,109 --> 00:44:51,200
everest expedition sharing it with uh

1209
00:44:56,069 --> 00:44:53,119
miles and keith and all of you and

1210
00:44:57,589 --> 00:44:56,079
handing the the rocks uh to back to nasa

1211
00:44:59,430 --> 00:44:57,599
into george's care

1212
00:45:00,950 --> 00:44:59,440
uh but i have other uh there are other

1213
00:45:03,109 --> 00:45:00,960
mountains to climb other

1214
00:45:05,270 --> 00:45:03,119
other exciting adventures out there

1215
00:45:07,990 --> 00:45:05,280
i don't know if they'll

1216
00:45:10,150 --> 00:45:08,000
be exciting to the the greater world uh

1217
00:45:12,550 --> 00:45:10,160
but you know that's uh

1218
00:45:13,750 --> 00:45:12,560
that's not probably so important uh i i

1219
00:45:16,069 --> 00:45:13,760
know that i'll

1220
00:45:19,510 --> 00:45:16,079
always have adventure in my life and uh

1221
00:45:20,630 --> 00:45:19,520
we'll see where it takes me

1222
00:45:23,030 --> 00:45:20,640
um

1223
00:45:26,069 --> 00:45:24,230
the question was you want to write a

1224
00:45:27,109 --> 00:45:26,079
book yeah

1225
00:45:28,150 --> 00:45:27,119
that's a lot of work i think it's

1226
00:45:29,430 --> 00:45:28,160
actually more worth than going doing

1227
00:45:31,510 --> 00:45:29,440
everything yeah i think

1228
00:45:32,790 --> 00:45:31,520
go ahead go ahead if you are given a

1229
00:45:34,230 --> 00:45:32,800
chance to

1230
00:45:35,109 --> 00:45:34,240
if you are uh

1231
00:45:37,510 --> 00:45:35,119
if

1232
00:45:38,870 --> 00:45:37,520
chandrayaan has found water on the moon

1233
00:45:41,910 --> 00:45:38,880
do you believe it

1234
00:45:44,309 --> 00:45:41,920
i do i i very much believe that uh the

1235
00:45:46,950 --> 00:45:44,319
discoveries of the chandra uh uh

1236
00:45:48,790 --> 00:45:46,960
satellite uh have have discovered water

1237
00:45:51,190 --> 00:45:48,800
on the moon and it's a great target for

1238
00:45:54,069 --> 00:45:51,200
us to uh to send human beings as well

1239
00:45:56,550 --> 00:45:54,079
because we can use that water ice to

1240
00:45:59,190 --> 00:45:56,560
extract oxygen to to extract water as

1241
00:46:02,390 --> 00:45:59,200
well to melt it uh for uh for drinking

1242
00:46:04,550 --> 00:46:02,400
uh maybe even to to grow crops uh using

1243
00:46:06,230 --> 00:46:04,560
the lunar soil so it's very exciting uh

1244
00:46:08,390 --> 00:46:06,240
discovery and i think that may be the

1245
00:46:10,230 --> 00:46:08,400
very first place where we we send human

1246
00:46:12,230 --> 00:46:10,240
beings back to the moon

1247
00:46:14,230 --> 00:46:12,240
two more questions and you can probably

1248
00:46:15,589 --> 00:46:14,240
make rocket fuel out of that too right

1249
00:46:19,030 --> 00:46:15,599
that's right

1250
00:46:23,030 --> 00:46:20,470
how much damage

1251
00:46:26,150 --> 00:46:23,040
how much days did it took to climb mount

1252
00:46:27,349 --> 00:46:26,160
everest how much how much how many days

1253
00:46:30,550 --> 00:46:27,359
oh uh

1254
00:46:33,109 --> 00:46:31,910
60 days

1255
00:46:35,670 --> 00:46:33,119
from uh

1256
00:46:38,309 --> 00:46:35,680
um from leaving here in houston my home

1257
00:46:39,270 --> 00:46:38,319
to standing on the top

1258
00:46:41,430 --> 00:46:39,280
so

1259
00:46:42,710 --> 00:46:41,440
now you see why i couldn't go yeah

1260
00:46:44,550 --> 00:46:42,720
i'll get out of that we couldn't get out

1261
00:46:48,069 --> 00:46:44,560
of the laundry room

1262
00:46:50,309 --> 00:46:48,079
too many spin cycles to do go ahead

1263
00:46:52,950 --> 00:46:50,319
you made all the way to space and you

1264
00:46:55,430 --> 00:46:52,960
even uh conquered mount everest so which

1265
00:46:57,430 --> 00:46:55,440
according to is a greater achievement

1266
00:46:59,109 --> 00:46:57,440
oh good question that's good good

1267
00:47:03,670 --> 00:46:59,119
question

1268
00:47:05,430 --> 00:47:03,680
you're a plant yeah future reporter

1269
00:47:06,790 --> 00:47:05,440
right there i'll tell you right yeah

1270
00:47:08,550 --> 00:47:06,800
that's a great question well they're

1271
00:47:10,550 --> 00:47:08,560
very different you know i i wouldn't

1272
00:47:11,990 --> 00:47:10,560
trade either experience uh for the world

1273
00:47:13,270 --> 00:47:12,000
they're they're very very different i'm

1274
00:47:19,030 --> 00:47:13,280
very uh

1275
00:47:19,829 --> 00:47:19,040
uh been able to follow my dreams and and

1276
00:47:25,990 --> 00:47:19,839
to

1277
00:47:28,230 --> 00:47:26,000
they're both very different though

1278
00:47:31,109 --> 00:47:28,240
um but you know there are experiences

1279
00:47:31,990 --> 00:47:31,119
that uh uh will always stay with me for

1280
00:47:33,990 --> 00:47:32,000
sure

1281
00:47:35,430 --> 00:47:34,000
i think he waffled on that one i did i i

1282
00:47:42,710 --> 00:47:35,440
i

1283
00:47:44,309 --> 00:47:42,720
you yeah

1284
00:47:46,390 --> 00:47:44,319
listen thank you very much for joining

1285
00:47:47,670 --> 00:47:46,400
us here it was a great uh to see you all

1286
00:47:48,950 --> 00:47:47,680
especially this group from india thank

1287
00:47:49,910 --> 00:47:48,960
you for being here give them a round of

1288
00:47:51,510 --> 00:47:49,920
applause and we wish you well

1289
00:47:55,349 --> 00:47:51,520
congratulations

1290
00:47:58,470 --> 00:47:56,870
i think uh are we giving each other

1291
00:47:59,829 --> 00:47:58,480
feedback get away from me get away i

1292
00:48:00,549 --> 00:47:59,839
think you think it's the microphones

1293
00:48:04,069 --> 00:48:00,559
yeah

1294
00:48:05,270 --> 00:48:04,079
take your wireless and get out of here

1295
00:48:06,790 --> 00:48:05,280
uh thanks for dinner last night i

1296
00:48:08,309 --> 00:48:06,800
appreciate that to get out of here

1297
00:48:09,990 --> 00:48:08,319
um all right so what we're gonna do now

1298
00:48:11,910 --> 00:48:10,000
uh thank you thank you to everybody

1299
00:48:12,950 --> 00:48:11,920
who's here um george you still i thought

1300
00:48:13,990 --> 00:48:12,960
you had to go to training he's got to

1301
00:48:15,750 --> 00:48:14,000
get back to training but we want to

1302
00:48:17,190 --> 00:48:15,760
thank him for coming and receiving the

1303
00:48:19,990 --> 00:48:17,200
plaque it's gonna be really cool to see

1304
00:48:21,990 --> 00:48:20,000
that in space we also have uh we want to

1305
00:48:23,430 --> 00:48:22,000
get some pictures out by the space suit

1306
00:48:25,349 --> 00:48:23,440
area is that right yes there'll be an

1307
00:48:27,190 --> 00:48:25,359
opportunity there for reporters to ask

1308
00:48:29,030 --> 00:48:27,200
questions and uh do that that's

1309
00:48:30,630 --> 00:48:29,040
immediately what out to the right which

1310
00:48:32,150 --> 00:48:30,640
way across the hall across the hall you

1311
00:48:33,109 --> 00:48:32,160
sort of can't miss it so meet us out

1312
00:48:34,710 --> 00:48:33,119
there we're gonna be here for a little

1313
00:48:36,069 --> 00:48:34,720
bit i think george has to go pretty

1314
00:48:37,670 --> 00:48:36,079
quickly right but you're gonna be able

1315
00:48:39,510 --> 00:48:37,680
to join us for a little bit of that and

1316
00:48:41,349 --> 00:48:39,520
and so you can sort of uh shake

1317
00:48:42,790 --> 00:48:41,359
everybody's hand and do all that but

1318
00:48:44,549 --> 00:48:42,800
thanks again for being here it was great

1319
00:48:46,390 --> 00:48:44,559
experience for me even though i left the

1320
00:48:47,910 --> 00:48:46,400
laundry room and really had a lot of fun

1321
00:48:49,910 --> 00:48:47,920
and maybe one day i'll get a chance to

1322
00:48:51,589 --> 00:48:49,920
go there but in the meantime i'll i'll