Wednesday. October 21. 1931
page 18
daily nebraskan
Life 's extremes foundnear the top of the world
nmhr?m were tre- That means a lot to nie.lt is a ft
By KenlLivbt
la becoming part of the first aB-worma
expedition to scale a peak over 8,000
meters and the first women or Americans
to dimb the Napalese Annapurna mount
ain (26,504 ft.). Christy Tews sail she felt
the sweetest moments of life and the
tragedy of death.
Tews spoke in the Nebraska Union Mon
day rught in a presentation sponsored by
the Women's Resource Center, the Univer
sity Program Council and the UNL Rec
reation Department.
In August, 197S, 13 women left Cali
fornia to begin their ascent of Annapurna,
the tenth hhest mountain ia the worlJ.
The ilea to cHmb with an all-women
team first came in 1972 when Arkne
Blum, the leader of the assault on Anna
puma and Wanda Rutkkwicz decided that
a group of women should climb the peak.
Tews sail that in 1975 plans began roll
ing for the expedition and, in late 1976 the
permit to climb Annapurna I was secured
trom the Nepalese government.
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Tews said organizing problems were tre
mendous.
13,794 pounds
"We had 209 cases of supplies weighing
66 pounds each to carry from Pokhara,
(Nepal) to our base camp,' she said.
To achieve this, the expedition hired
250 Nepalese native Sherpas to deliver the
supplies to the base camp, which was 13
miles from Pokhira.
In addition to the 10 climbers who did
climb Annapurna, the party also included
two photographers and a base camp man
ager (Tews). Tews described her Job as
being the chief logistxs officer"1 - one
who had to know "where everything is at
all times.'
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That means a lot to me. It is a feeling that
is hard to explain. It gave me a strong reel
ing of being feminine,1 she said.
Two women, Irene Miller and Vert
Komarkova and two Nepalese native Sher
pas, Mingma and Chewang, ascended to the
top of Annapurna I on Oct. 15, 1973.
Tews said the fceEng that day was great
and another team was about to make its
assault on the mountain.
Tragedy struck three days later, when
Vera Watson and Alison Chadwick-Onyszk-iewicz,
upon almost reaching Camp V
apparently fell to their deaths. Tews said
it difficult for her to discuss the in
cident. She said those at Camp 11 went in
side their tents because it had gotten bitter
ly cold at camp, even though the sun was
still shming on the area where the two
women were climbing.
Tews said the expedition sent two
Sherpas out to see if they could locate the
two women after radio communication
attempts had failed. She said the Sherpas,
from a relatively far distance, located the
bodies. But because of the increasing
hostile weather, they had to leave them.
Photo by Jeuy McBrid
Christy Tews speaks in the Nebrasr
ka Union about her climb up the
worlds 10th tallest mountain.
Once they had arrived in Nepal, the ex
pedition spent the next 72 days there,
Tews said.
She speculated that the Nepalese
government was excited over the fact that
a women's team wanted to climb Anna
puma 1, especially since this expedition
was a fairly large group and would have to
spend a good sum of money to get supplies
to the base camp.
Tews said the climb on Annapurna de
finitely affected her life.
"It gave me a new sense of being alive.
Friends easily lost
Tews said that statistically 1.6 out of 10
climbers will not make it back home. "It
makes you ask yourself - will my best
friend make the climb?" she said.
Tews said one of the most painful
moments in her life occurred when she had
to telephone Chadwfck-Onyszkiewicz
mother to tsR her that her daughter had
died on Annapurna.
Tews didn't begin climbing until 1973
at the age of 33. She climbed her first
peak, Grand Teton in northwestern Wy
oming. "It helped put my priorities together. I
found I did have a lack of willingness, and
courage. I knew 1 wanted to climb a
mountain. It (climbing) helped put my lifes
priorities together,"' she said.
Since then, she said she has climbed all
over the Sierra Nevada, Canada India and
reached Camp III on Annapurna 1 (21,000
ft.).
Tews said the trip was paid by the sale
of T-shirts that read A woman's place is
at the top of Annapurna.' The sale of
these shirts raised $30,000 of the $80,000
estimated cost at the time. The T-shirts are
still available, with the proceeds going into
a memorial fund on behalf of the women
who died. They are available through the
American Women's Himalayan Expeditions.
More people earn fewer degrees
While enrollment at UNL
has increased steadily over
the past five years, the num
ber of degrees granted has
been declining.
Bill Todd, research analyst
in the Office of Institution
al Research and Planning,
said 22,179 students were
enrolled at UNL in 1976-77
as compared to 24,128
in 198081. But the number
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fell from 3391 to 3,537
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said.
Increased numbers of stu
dents from UNO and the
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ancy between enrollment
and degrees, said Shirley
Thomsen, assistant director
of the Office of Registra
tion and Records.
Thomsen said that nursing,
dental and criminal justice
majors take their classes
at UNL but their degrees
are granted by UNO and
the medical center.
UNL no longer degrees in
pharmacology and dentist
ry, she said.
"There are definitely more
part-time students now,"
Thomsen said. "Due to the
economics now , people may
have to work and can't
take' a full (class) load.
People are taking lotiger to
get through.'
Thomsen said many stu
dents take classes merely
because they are interested
in them and not necessar
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