Dispatch 46: IMG Summit Total Now up to 17 with Fast Ascent

From IMG director Eric Simonson on Friday night: Mark Tucker just reported in with more amazing news from the IMG 2006 Everest team. Brenda Walsh, Mingma Tenzing, and Danuru Sherpa reached the summit of Mt. Everest at 2:55am Nepal time, in brilliant moonlight, just a few minutes over 6 hours after their start from the South Col. Their descent back to the Col took them an hour and 50 minutes. Congrats to Brenda and Danuru for some impressive climbing! The ambient sunlight already emerging from the east and the awesome moonlight will help them get some very unique and special summit photos. With the summit already behind them this early in the day, Mark expects them to think about descending all the way to Camp 2 today.