Viesturs had been thwarted in his attempts to climb Annapurna for years.
数年来，维耶·斯图尔斯都在为成功登顶安娜·普尔纳峰努力着。
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Ed Viesturs grew up in Rockford, Illinois, where the tallest thing on the horizon was the water tower.
威尔·斯特斯在伊利诺州的洛克福长大，在那里可以看到的最高的物体就是水塔啦。
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Viesturs had been thwarted in his attempts to climb Annapurna for years. His first expedition in 2000 was aborted due to bad weather and another in 2002 because of avalanches.