An Everest Survivor

Reaching the summit of Everest is a great achievement; getting down safely is even greater.
Until 1996 one climber would die out of six, most of the time during their descent.
Hugo Rodriguez Barroso proudly waved the Mexican flag on the top of the world on May the 23rd of 1997, at 2:12 p. m. Hugo became at that moment the first athlete in the world to accomplish the huge challenges of long distance swimming and mountain climbing: the solo swim of the English Channel and the summit of Mount Ev...