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To: Mannie who wrote (43905)	6/4/2005 1:42:32 PM
From: coug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104181

Hi Mannie, Cougs on top again..<g> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Saturday, June 4, 2005 - Page updated at 12:00 a.m. At 20, she's youngest to scale highest peaks on all 7 continents By MELANTHIA MITCHELL The Associated Press Danielle Fisher focused on the Seven Summits. ALPINE ASCENTS INTERNATIONAL Danielle Fisher, shown with Jose Luis, wrote on her Web site that she really started to love climbing after scaling Mount Rainier. Danielle Fisher MountEverest.net Danielle Fisher has been climbing mountains for nearly a quarter of her lifetime. Of course at 20, that's only been about five years. The shy, soft-spoken young woman hardly comes across as a person you'd find scaling some of the world's highest mountains — as a teen she rarely did anything to break a sweat. But growing up in the Skagit County town of Bow, about 70 miles north of Seattle, she made many trips with her parents to explore the Cascade Mountains. Now she has become the youngest person to climb the highest peaks on each of the seven continents, a feat accomplished when she reached the 29,035-foot summit of Mount Everest on Wednesday with an expedition led by David C. Morton, 34, a guide with Alpine Ascents International of Seattle. Compared to the average mountaineer, Fisher's petite 5-foot-7, 130-pound frame is deceiving. Initially her fellow climbers considered her too weak to conquer a mountain, but she always persevered. "She's very strong in the mountains," said Gordon Janow, director of programs for Alpine Ascents, which led the expeditions on Fisher's past four climbs in the Seven Summits circuit. It's also her steadfastness that Janow says separates her from others who do multiple climbs — that and her age; most climbers are in their 30s, 40s and 50s. Other young climbers are more likely to get distracted with school or a new career. Fisher, a student at Washington State University, delayed her studies to complete the circuit, but is registered ..... seattletimes.nwsource.com Cheers, m