Gases and Welding Magazine Preview
Well everyone, it’s getting close to that time of the month again. I turned in the text for the next issue of GAWDA Edge and it’s currently in production. You’ll get to see it next Thursday. However, I wanted to give you a little bit of a sneak peak at one of the articles that you’ll be seeing. It’s a story about Air Liquide’s Christopher Guest, who recently climbed Mount Everest. It’s a gripping story in which he barely escapes several brushes with death. Here’s an excerpt:
“Guest was wearing a TopOut oxygen mask for his climb, but something went dangerously wrong. The bitter cold of per-dawn Everest was causing his mask to malfunction. The intake valve that brought in ambient air was failing–ice particles were accumulating on the valve, lodging it shut. As he was attempting a 50-foot traverse at a 70-degree angle on a narrow 6-inch ledge, just over 100 yards from the summit, Guest was suffocating.”
Want to find out more? Mark your calendars and stop by www.gawdaedge.org next week to see what happens!
