Because none of the international teams had returned his phone calls or faxes, Haver snuck into the Challenger of Records Dinner hosted by Louis Vuitton at the San Diego Yacht Club to meet the teams face to face. After mingling during the cocktail hour, he sat with the Japanese team because it was the only open seat at the reception dinner. After meeting the team's PR director, Emily Miura, he realized she was the daughter of Yuichiro Miura. The two of them had initially corresponded while Haver was preparing to climb Everest. Yuirchiro was the first person to ski Mt Everest in 1970, and became the first person to climb and ski all of the Seven Summits.