Skier Missing on Everest

Thursday, May 18, 2006
A few days ago, I posted about Tomas Olsson and Tormod Granheim, who had intended to summit Everest, and then ski back down. At the time, I mentioned that I thought that it was "crazy". Well, guess what? MountEverest.net has posted an update and it isn't good. It seems that Olsson went missing after he went over the edge of a rock outcrop. It's been two days, and still no trace of him, which on Everest generally means bad news. It should be noted that he didn't fall while skiing, but the two were actually rapelling down a rockface at the time. When Granheim reached the bottom, all he found was his friends ice axe. My thoughts go out to Olsson's family in this time.