Beyond the summit of Cho Oyu

JOE VOLPERT
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Brien Sheedy, Whitman College’s outdoor program director, recently returned from leading a mountain-climbing trip up Cho Oyu, the sixth-highest peak in the world at 26,906 feet.

While to most this would be an incredible challenge, Sheedy has already successfully climbed the highest peak on each of the seven continents.

“I finished (the seven summits) in 2005. I started them in ’94. But I wasn’t actually trying to get (all of) them until I was halfway through. I was guiding in all those places, or close by, so then climbed those peaks while I was there,” Sheedy said.


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