Mike Thompson arrived with consummate ease .
He was at 27,400 ft. , some 5,000 ft. higher than he had ever been before ; this was something of a personal triumph in view of his nasty experience of Annapurna , when altitude effects almost proved fatal .
Mike Thompson arrived with consummate ease , yet he was at 27,400 ft. , some 5,000 ft. higher than he had ever been before ; this was something of a personal triumph in view of his nasty experience of Annapurna , when altitude effects almost proved fatal .