Mes: agosto 2019

Seoul broadcaster KBS television showed live coverage Tuesday of Oh Eun-sun reaching the summit of Annapurna and affixing a South Korean flag to the peak. She beat a Spanish rival for the right to call herself the first woman to climb all 14 Himalayan peaks over 8,000 meters, or 26,247 feet, above sea level. Oh was being chased by Edurne Pasaban of Spain, who is also seeking to become the first woman to scale all 14 peaks. The 36-year-old has only the 26,330-foot-high Mount Shisha Pangma left to scale. Pasaban has questioned whether her South Korean rival climbed to the top of Mount Kanchenjunga, the world’s third-highest, last May. Blackyak’s Park dismissed the accusation as groundless. Oh missed the chance to reach the peak of Annapurna last year because of bad weather. Snow and 축구 토토 wind stopped her from making the final ascent over the weekend. She has described mountain climbing as “a sort of addiction” and her destiny. “As long as I set my goal to become the world’s first woman to conquer the world’s 14 highest peaks, I will go to all lengths to achieve it,” she said in an interview with The Korea Times in Seoul in February. Before embarking on the expedition, she tried to refrain from drinking alcohol, believing that there is a spiritual entity determining whether or not to allow a climber...

Authorities in the eastern Caribbean island of St. Lucia have quarantined a cruise ship after discovering a confirmed case of measles aboard. Dr. Merlene Fredericks-James, the island’s chief medical officer, said Thursday that the ship is still in port and that no one has been allowed to leave it. “Whilst in our ports, we will continue to monitor and will not allow disembarkation, given the contagious nature of the disease,” she said in a statement provided to CBS News, adding that the ship was free to leave St. Lucia if it chooses. Fredericks-James identified the infected person as a female crew member who is in stable condition. She said the ship’s doctor has requested 100 doses of the measles vaccine and that St. Lucia is providing them at no cost. The St. Lucia Health Ministry confirmed Thursday that the ship involved is the Freewinds. The 440-foot vessel reportedly belongs to the Church of Scientology. According to the church’s website, the ship, which is normally docked in the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao, “is the home of the Flag Ship Service Organization (FSSO), a religious retreat ministering the most advanced level of spiritual counseling in the Scientology religion.” An unidentified person who answered the phone at the church’s media center said no one was immediately available for comment. St. Lucia authorities did not provide any additional details about the person...

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