Will Cross Reaches the Top

Adventurer Will Cross has finally summitted Mount Everest, becoming the first person with diabetes to achieve this remarkable feat. From the newswire....

KATMANDU, Nepal, May 23, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- Will Cross today became the first American with diabetes to summit Mount Everest, the highest point on earth on which a human can walk without supplemental oxygen.(i) With this achievement, Cross, a 39-year-old father of six from Pittsburgh sponsored by NovoLog(R) (insulin aspart [rDNA origin] injection), became the first American -- and the first in the world with diabetes -- to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents and trek to the North and South Poles, a multi-year odyssey known as the NovoLog(R) Peaks and Poles Challenge. He reached the summit at approximately 5:10 a.m. local time.

Cross has type 1 diabetes. This is his third attempt to reach the top of Everest.

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