Mailtribune.com - SPECIAL07

Eating crow — and liking it — with Brian Smith

Early in May, I informed mountain climber Brian Smith that I would be honored to buy him lunch whenever he returned to Medford.

Elation and loss - 5/30/2007
EDITOR'S NOTE: Brian Smith, a 1988 South Medford High School graduate, reached the top of Mount...
BBC film crew records Smith's climb; it may be part of four-part series - 5/30/2007
The BBC filmed me climbing all the way to the summit and on the summit.
South Medford grad scales Mount Everest summit - 5/24/2007
Mountain climber Brian Smith, a 1988 graduate of South Medford High School, reached the top of...
Everest veteran recalls climb's hardships - 5/22/2007
EDITOR'S NOTE: Brian Smith, a 1988 South Medford High School graduate, has been sending periodic...
Medford native runs base camp - 5/13/2007
If you asked Teddy Elizabeth Anderson what life is like at the 17,500-foot base camp on Mount...
Everest climber heading back to the summit - 5/11/2007
Brian Smith, a 1988 South Medford High School graduate, is sending periodic e-mail dispatches to...
Everest climber recalls 'worst night of my life' - 5/9/2007
In his last dispatch, dated Monday, climber Brian Smith said he was recovering after nearly...
South Medford grad hasn't given up on his Everest bid - 5/8/2007
After walking alone for the past three days through rugged valleys over a distance of 30-plus...
'I did not come here to die' - 5/5/2007
Brian Smith, a 1988 South Medford High School graduate, is sending periodic e-mail dispatches to...
Quest on hold as climber gasps for air - 5/3/2007
Brian Smith, a 1988 South Medford High School graduate, is sending periodic e-mail dispatches to...
Sherpa's death, avalanche unsettle Everest climbers - 5/1/2007
In his last dispatch, published Friday, Smith said he was recovering from the painful "Khumbu...
In the shadow of Everest - 4/27/2007
Brian Smith's chest is racked by coughing spasms. His cuts don't heal in the thin air.
The journey via e-mail - 4/27/2007
Brian Smith, a 1988 South Medford High School graduate, is more than half way up Mount Everest in...
Brian Smith plans to answer call of world's highest peak - 12/31/2006
Like everyone following last week's search for mountain climbers Charlie Fowler and Christine...

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March 26: Arriving in Kathmandu

All I can say about this dream coming true is WOW!!!!!!!!! I just met some of my climbing teammates and Sherpas. Not only am I in the big leagues for the first time in my life, but I am playing in the World Series. One of my teammates is Mustafa from Jordan. Mustafa is the first Jordanian to ever attempt Everest. He is a national hero in Jordan. Our first call if/when we make the summit is a live video satellite call to the king of Jordan himself!!! How cool is that???