Everest Takes Worst Toll, its front-page story teased, Refusing to Become Stylish. Raking her hand again and again through her cropped auburn hair, Pittman declares herself at wits end. Can you believe Oprah called? she was heard to say. As she was about to put her full body weight on the ropewhich would have pulled Beidleman offMike Groom intervened in the nick of time and gently scolded her for And though she says she intends to keep climbing -- "Fortunately, there's no shortage of mountains in the world" -- she doubts she'll ever try Everest again. Pittman will certainly continue her exploits. [5] After meeting an editor at Mademoiselle, she landed her second job as Merchandising Editor of the magazine,[2][5] and, a few years later, she became Beauty Editor of Brides magazine. Sporting La Perla lingerie under her Gore-Tex, she had, in her own words, traded the escalator at Bergdorfs for more exotic terrain. It's on the house. She was always into climbing, but it seems to have become an all-consuming thing, says Solomon. They eventually transferred to U.C.L.A. Namba, her down suit ripped by the wind, died not five yards from where Fox and Pittman had stopped. In 1998, Hill attended the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation in New York to study architectural preservation and restoration. Bob Pittman reportedly moved out a few days before Halloween, quitting their Central Park West apartment, which is crammed with artifacts from her farflung travels. Not everyone agrees. From the beginning, she was a large presence on the mountain. ("I would never suggest it to my worst friend," she reported- ly said afterward.) WebSandy Hill married Bob Pittman, the cofounder of MTV, and in the 1980s, she was a well-known socialite who spent time with various celebrities. She can back squat an astonishing 206 pounds compared to 75 pounds when in her 30s and is keen to inspire other older women on her blog,sandy-hill.com. After talking on background for more than an hour, Pittman declines a formal interview. Three Indian climbers on the north side of the mountain had also perished. Between Camp 3 and Camp 2 a Sherpa was knocked unconscious by a falling rock. [6] The couple divorced in 1997, and Hill received a settlement of $20 million from Pittman. On May 12, Camp IV was evacuated for Camp III, where three days earlier, Chen Yu-Nan, an expedition member of a Taiwanese group led by Malaku Gau Ming-Ho, had fallen off the Lhotse Face from the wind without crampons or a tie-in from strong winds.
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