Read John Barry's story: O mighty is man's lust for Mount Everest that a team of climbers recently pronounced a frozen companion dead and left him behind in their quest for the summit. A few days later, he inconveniently turned up alive.
On dozens of visits since April, James McCown has left his wife and two children behind at Disney World to rearrange his vital organs aboard the Himalayan roller coaster ride, Expedition Everest.
They escort Dad to the roller coaster. He puts on his toboggan hat, his sunglasses to prevent snow blindness, his furry blue Yeti Man hands. He says "namaste" to the girl at the turnstile. (It means "hi" in Nepalese.) The family takes a couple of turns with him, then goes off to other attractions.
James rides on. His personal best is 63 times in a day. Up and down the hairpin turns he goes, defying Yeti, protector of the sacred mountain. "Yeti is mad!" James exclaims. "His fur is flying! His teeth are flashing! He is trying to rip your head off!"
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