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TV

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Newspapers

In Good Company December 2004 Werner Berger Profile
Stoufville Gazette December 2004 Climber conquers peaks, one continent at a time
Toronto Star January 2005 Climber with an altitude
Trenton Times April 2007 His upward mobility is a vertical pleasure
USA TODAY April 2007 Leaders learn focus from crossing 'freakout point'
Bucks County Courier Times April 2007 Climber's new goal: Conquering Everest
Trenton Times April 2007 One day at a time, one step at a time for a mountain climber
NJ Times May 2007 On his way to the summit
Trenton Times May 2007 He made it
Bucks County Courier Times May 2007 Atop world's tallest peak, a dream come true
Daily News June 2007 Everest guy, 69: I haven't peaked yet!
Boston Metro June 2007 One less hill to climb
Philadelphia Inquirer June 2007 In his 60s, scaling world's highest peaks
Trenton Times June 2007 Journey of a lifetime concludes with fatigue, total elation
Daily News June 2007 At 69, climber is peaking
Buck County Courier Times June 2007 From Everest to Bucks
Metro New York June 2007 One less hill to climb
Metro Philadelphia June 2007 One less hill to climb
The Mercury June 2007 Climber treks to Pottstown to share mesage

Internet

Title:	69-year-old climber reaches Mt. Everest peak
URL:	http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19026617/
	... to make it to the summit of majestic Mount Everest kept visualizing himself on the top of the world — and soon it was reality. It's not that Werner Berger, 69, did not have doubts when he started the ascent to the world's famous 29,035-foot peak on May 22. He was particularly worried ......

Title:	Sixty-nine year old Toronto-area man who climbed Everest says he ...
URL:	http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/st...3483597&k=27002
	... * TORONTO (CP) - While Werner Berger was reaching the top of Mount Everest last month, most people his age would have considered themselves lucky enough to still be able to make it around a golf course. The 69-year-old Newmarket, Ont., resident returned home Thursday as the oldest ......

Title:	Oldest North American to climb Everest marks homecoming in Toronto
URL:	http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/st...9c3140c&k=64327
	... * TORONTO (CP) - For someone who just descended from the top of the world having become the oldest North American to climb Mount Everest, 69 year-old Werner Berger is incredibly modest. When he reached the top of the world's tallest peak, the Newmarket, Ont., man says his thoughts ......

Title:	Oldest North American to climb Everest, 69, says he feels like 29
URL:	http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/st...2d3ce9e&k=26606
	... * TORONTO (CP) - While Werner Berger was summiting Mount Everest last month, most people his age would have considered themselves lucky enough to still be able to make it around a golf course. The 69-year-old resident of Newmarket, Ont., returned home Thursday after becoming the oldest ......

Title:	69-year-old still on top of the world after Everest climb
URL:	http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/...beverest05.html
Extract:	... NEW YORK — It's been two weeks since Werner Berger stood on top of the world, and he's still flying high. When he reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 22, the 69-year-old became the oldest North American to reach the top of all seven continents' tallest peaks. ......

Title:	Canadian grandfather scales Everest
URL:	http://www.thestar.com/News/article/217596
	... Newmarket consultant Werner Berger climbed into the record books this week, becoming the oldest Canadian to trek up Mount Everest. The 69-year-old journeyed more than 3,300 metres in five days, fulfilling a dream that began to take shape when he first visited Nepal in 1992 and caught ......

Title:	Newmarket man, 69, home after summiting Everest
URL:	http://www.thestar.com/News/article/222849
	... While Werner Berger was climbing Mount Everest last month, most people his age would have considered themselves lucky enough to still be able to make it around a golf course. The 69-year-old resident of Newmarket returned home today after becoming the oldest North American to reach ......

Title:	Peak performance old hat
URL:	http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/National/2007/06/...243893-sun.html
	... Fri, June 8, 2007 Peak performance old hat UPDATED: 2007-06-08 01:16:44 MST By CP TORONTO - While Werner Berger was summiting Mount Everest last month, most people his age would have considered themselves lucky enough to still be able to make it around a golf course. The 69-year-old ......

Title:	Oldest North American to climb Everest marks homecoming in Toronto
URL:	http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/06/07...4242017-cp.html
	... TORONTO (CP) - While Werner Berger was reaching the top of Mount Everest last month, most people his age would have considered themselves lucky enough to still be able to make it around a golf course. The 69-year-old Newmarket, Ont., resident returned home Thursday as the oldest North ......

Title:	Scaling his dreams
URL:	http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Features/2007/06/...245109-sun.html
	... Newmarket businessman Werner Berger came down to earth and was back home yesterday after becoming the oldest North American to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The 69-year-old consultant plans to resume work next month on a film about his climb as an inspiration to North Americans ......

Title:	Newmarket senior arrives home from Everest climb
URL:	http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNew...hub=TorontoHome
	... toronto.ctv.ca Werner Berger was emotional as he returned home Thursday after becoming the oldest North American to reach the top of the world. The 69-year-old remembered his journey to the top of Mount Everest after his planetouched downat Pearson International Airport. "It was tough. ......

Title:	CJ: This 4-foot-8 baker faces a tall task: Interviewing NBA players
URL:	http://www.startribune.com/464/story/1225369.html
	... Monday on "Today." THE PROBLEM: Kinds and things are both plurals, and so Lauer should have said, There are when speaking to Mount Everest-climber Werner Berger. What's it going to take to get Lauer to pay a little less attention to his shoes and suits and a tad more attention to this ......

Title:	The older man and the mountains.
URL:	http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/200...mountains_.html
	... way up," he said. "They look like teeny little hills from that high." The journey will soon be chronicled in his documentary, Meet Me at the Top. In it, Berger uses his remarkable climb as a metaphor for the film's message - that we all need to lead healthier lives. ......

Title:	In his 60s, scaling world's highest peaks
URL:	http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_left_...ry/7878656.html
	... way up," he said. "They look like teeny little hills from that high." The journey will soon be chronicled in his documentary, Meet Me at the Top. In it, Berger uses his remarkable climb as a metaphor for the film's message - that we all need to lead healthier lives. ......

Title:	On his way to the summit
URL:	http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/base/...6510.xml&coll=5
	... The death zone. The words call to mind a low-budget horror movie, but they are also used to describe the conditions faced by 69-year-old Werner Berger yesterday, as he attempted to climb to the summit of Mt. Everest in an atmosphere so thin with oxygen that it starts to kill the human ......

Title:	69-year-old climber achieves his dream of reaching the summit of ...
URL:	http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/base/...2900.xml&coll=5
	... BY ANDREW KITCHENMAN Aided by good weather and accompanied by team members and Sherpa guides, Werner Berger made it to the top of the world at 8:08 a.m. Nepal time yesterday, when he reached the 29,035-foot summit of Mount Everest. The 69-year-old Berger has returned to the mountain's ......

Title:	Everest climber, 69, comes home
URL:	http://www.torontosun.com/News/2007/06/07/4242440.html
	... 69, comes home 'Age is simply relative,' says Newmarket man, oldest North American to conquer world's highest mountain TORONTO (CP) — While Werner Berger was summiting Mount Everest last month, most people his age would have considered themselves lucky enough to still be able to make ......

Title:	Scaling his dreams
URL:	http://torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2007...244264-sun.html
	... Newmarket businessman Werner Berger came down to earth and was back home yesterday after becoming the oldest North American to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The 69-year-old consultant plans to resume work next month on a film about his climb as an inspiration to North Americans ......

Title:	Canadian Who Became Oldest North American Man To Climb Everest ...
URL:	http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007588720
	... to climb to the top of Mt. Everest, as well as the oldest North American man to reach the top of the tallest peaks on the seven continents, last month. Werner Berger, 69, returned from his epic journey to Toronto's Pearson Airport on Thursday morning. With regard to his age, Berger ......

Title:	Back in Bucks after Everest
URL:	http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-06...07-1359905.html
	... Home/ Courier Times Back in Bucks after Everest ByALEEA S. SLAPPY and RANDALL BLAUM Bucks County Courier Times Consuming a lot of cold, dry air has left Werner Berger with a cough. The cough is just a temporary side effect of reaching the top of the world. Berger, a 69-year-old Canadian ......

Title:	Canadian man becomes oldest North American to reach Everest's summit
URL:	http://www.pr-inside.com/canadian-man-becomes...can-r147215.htm
	... became the oldest North American to summit Mount Everest and complete the climb of the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on each of the seven continents. Werner Berger, 69, who returned home to Canada on Thursday, said he started mountain climbing just 15 years ago. «Age is simply ......

Title:	Sixty-nine year old Toronto-area man who climbed Everest says he ...
URL:	http://www.news1130.com/news/national/article...ntent=n0607143A
	... TORONTO (CP) - While Werner Berger was reaching the top of Mount Everest last month, most people his age would have considered themselves lucky enough to still be able to make it around a golf course. The 69-year-old Newmarket, Ont., resident returned home Thursday, riding high on ......

Title:	Oldest North American to climb Everest marks homecoming in Toronto
URL:	http://www.news1130.com/news/national/article...ontent=n060735A
	... TORONTO (CP) - For someone who just descended from the top of the world having become the oldest North American to climb Mount Everest, 69 year-old Werner Berger is incredibly modest. When he reached the top of the world's tallest peak, the Newmarket, Ont., man says his thoughts centred ......

Title:	Everest 2007: Alpine Ascents Everest expedition: Summit
URL:	http://www.everestnews.com/everest2007/aaeverest05222007.htm
	... Stawiecki, Chewang and Tshering. Congratulations to the them as they celebrate. Following and should be up there soon is Amy Beeton, Tony King, Werner Berger, Fur Kancha, Nima Kancha and Gyelzen. The final group with Vern and Lakpa and the rest of our summit team should be calling ......

Title:	Everest 2007: Alpine Ascents Everest expedition: Second Summit ...
URL:	http://www.everestnews.com/everest2007/aaeverest05232007.htm
	... Stawiecki, Chewang and Tshering. Congratulations to the them as they celebrate. Following and should be up there soon is Amy Beeton, Tony King, Werner Berger, Fur Kancha, Nima Kancha and Gyelzen. The final group with Vern and Lakpa and the rest of our summit team should be calling ......

Title:	Oldest North American to climb Everest marks homecoming in Toronto
URL:	http://www.cjad.com/node/539037
	... TORONTO (CP) - For someone who just descended from the top of the world having become the oldest North American to climb Mount Everest, 69 year-old Werner Berger is incredibly modest. When he reached the top of the world's tallest peak, the Newmarket, Ont., man says his thoughts centred ......

Title:	Oldest North American to climb Everest, 69, says he feels like 29
URL:	http://www.cjad.com/node/539208
	+... National News By: CHRISTOPHER MAUGHAN TORONTO (CP) - While Werner Berger was summiting Mount Everest last month, most people his age would have considered themselves lucky enough to still be able to make it around a golf course. The 69-year-old resident of Newmarket, Ont., returned ......

Title:	Oldest North American to climb Everest marks homecoming in Toronto
URL:	http://www.chroniclejournal.com/CP_stories.php?id=47886
	... TORONTO (CP) - While Werner Berger was reaching the top of Mount Everest last month, most people his age would have considered themselves lucky enough to still be able to make it around a golf course. The 69-year-old Newmarket, Ont., resident returned home Thursday as the oldest North ......

Title:	Vista Filmmaker Returns from a Difficult 30-Day Expedition to ...
URL:	http://www.pr.com/press-release/40843
	... 03, 2007 -(PR.com)- Vista film director, Randall Blaum, returned from a 30-day, 80-mile expedition to Mount Everest as he began filming on his new movie, “Meet Me at the Top,” which takes a hard look at why there have been no cures for any disease in over 50 years and why ......

Title:	Oldest North American to climb Everest marks homecoming in Toronto
URL:	http://www.brandonsun.com/story.php?story_id=57249
	... TORONTO (CP) - While Werner Berger was reaching the top of Mount Everest last month, most people his age would have considered themselves lucky enough to still be able to make it around a golf course. The 69-year-old Newmarket, Ont., resident returned home Thursday as the oldest North ......

Title:	Grandfather sets Everest mark
URL:	http://www.fftimes.com/index.php/6/2007-05-25/30938
	... May 25, 2007 (CP) Newmarket, Ont. consultant Werner Berger has climbed into the record book as the oldest Canadian to conquer Mount Everest. The 69-year-old fulfilled a dream that began to take shape when he first visited Nepal in 1992 and caught a glimpse of the world’s tallest mountain. ......

Title:	Everest climber returns
URL:	http://www.fftimes.com/index.php/6/2007-06-07/31135
	... 2007 (CP) For someone who just descended from the top of the world after having become the oldest North American to climb Mount Everest, 69-year-old Werner Berger is incredibly modest. When he reached the top of the world’s tallest peak, the Newmarket, Ont. man says his thoughts centred ......

Title:	At 69, he conquers Mt. Everest
URL:	http://blog.nj.com/timesupdates/2007/05/at_69...mt_everest.html
	... Aided by good weather and accompanied by team members and Sherpa guides, Werner Berger made it to the top of the world at 8:08 a.m. Nepal time Tuesday, when he reached the 29,035-foot summit of Mount Everest. The 69-year-old Berger has returned to the mountain's Base Camp 4 and was ......

Title:	Climber, 69, has sight on Mt. Everest summit
URL:	http://blog.nj.com/timesupdates/2007/05/climb..._on_mt_eve.html
	... The death zone. The words call to mind a low-budget horror movie, but they are also used to describe the conditions faced by 69-year-old Werner Berger yesterday, as he attempted to climb to the summit of Mt. Everest in an atmosphere so thin with oxygen that it starts to kill the human ......

Title:	From Everest to Yardley -- climber returns
URL:	http://blog.nj.com/timesupdates/2007/06/from_...ley_climbe.html
	... YARDLEY, Pa. - Take a step. Take five or six breaths. Take another step. This is what it's like to climb to the top of the world. Werner Berger knows it firsthand. He lived it for 57 days - 50 days to reach the 29,035-foot summit of Mount Everest, and just seven days to climb back ......
Title:	69-year-old still on top of the world after Everest climb
URL:	http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2003735270_webeverest05.html
	... It's been two weeks since Werner Berger stood on top of the world, and he's still flying high. When he reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 22, the 69-year-old became the oldest North American to reach the top of all seven continents' tallest peaks.
Title:	Oldest Cdn. Mt. Everest Conqueror Returns To T.O.
URL:	http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_11805.aspx
	...Werner Berger isn't your average 69-year-old. In fact, he wouldn't be your average 29-year-old. The senior citizen arrived back in Toronto Thursday with a smile on his face and an accomplishment in his books - he became the oldest Canadian ever to reach the summit...