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American climber Dave Hahn reached the peak of Everest for the tenth time on Monday, setting a record for summits by a non-Sherpa. The Taos, New Mexico resident and Outside correspondent called down from the top of Everest at 7:26 am, Replica IWC 3719-28 Aquatimer Automatic watch according to his team at IMG.Hahn might have another summit under his belt, but in 2001 he abandoned his quest to rescue climbers near the peak. Last year, after a successful summit he rescued another climber on his way back down the mountain.The overall record for summits is held by Appa, with 18.--Joe Spring

There must be a moral in this tale, though we dare not attempt to define it. Frenchman Michel Fournier, the 64-year-old skydiver who has been reaching for an altitude freefall record of 130,000 feet, was left grounded in his pressurized cabin in Canada this morning as his helium-filled balloon lifted off without him.Fournier has been planning his stratospheric jump for years, and this third attempt may, by some accounts, be his last. He is scheduled for a press conference this afternoon. Fournier was looking to set four records: Replica IWC 3255-02 Spitfire Mark XVI watch fastest freefall, longest freefall, highest jump, and highest altitude reached by a man in a balloon. An animation on Fourniers site gives you a sense of what he is up against.The New Yorker profiled Fourniers quest, and his rivalry with current record-holder Joe Kittinger, last summer. Inspired? We told you how to make a much smaller jump, earlier this month.--Matthew Fishbane