pip.log reporting error during installation of scipy using pip ("pip install scipy")

scipy_installation_error_pip.log

(myVE)[compute-0-25 /home/org/username]$ pip install scipy
Downloading/unpacking scipy
  Running setup.py egg_info for package scipy
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 16, in <module>
      File "/home/org/username/virtualenv-1.9.1/myVE/build/scipy/setup.py", line 165, in <module>
        setup_package()
      File "/home/org/username/virtualenv-1.9.1/myVE/build/scipy/setup.py", line 145, in setup_package
        from numpy.distutils.core import setup
      File "/opt/rocks/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/__init__.py", line 130, in <module>
        import add_newdocs
      File "/opt/rocks/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/add_newdocs.py", line 9, in <module>
        from lib import add_newdoc
      File "/opt/rocks/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/lib/__init__.py", line 152, in <module>
        from type_check import *
      File "/opt/rocks/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/lib/type_check.py", line 8, in <module>
        import numpy.core.numeric as _nx
      File "/opt/rocks/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/core/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
        import multiarray
    ImportError: /opt/rocks/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/core/multiarray.so: undefined symbol: _PyUnicodeUCS4_IsWhitespace
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<string>", line 16, in <module>

  File "/home/org/username/virtualenv-1.9.1/myVE/build/scipy/setup.py", line 165, in <module>

    setup_package()

  File "/home/org/username/virtualenv-1.9.1/myVE/build/scipy/setup.py", line 145, in setup_package

    from numpy.distutils.core import setup

  File "/opt/rocks/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/__init__.py", line 130, in <module>

    import add_newdocs

  File "/opt/rocks/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/add_newdocs.py", line 9, in <module>

    from lib import add_newdoc

  File "/opt/rocks/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/lib/__init__.py", line 152, in <module>

    from type_check import *

  File "/opt/rocks/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/lib/type_check.py", line 8, in <module>

    import numpy.core.numeric as _nx

  File "/opt/rocks/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/core/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>

    import multiarray

ImportError: /opt/rocks/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/core/multiarray.so: undefined symbol: _PyUnicodeUCS4_IsWhitespace

----------------------------------------
Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in /home/org/username/virtualenv-1.9.1/myVE/build/scipy
Storing complete log in /home/org/username/.pip/pip.log




(myVE)[compute-0-25 /home/org/username]$ uname -a
Linux compute-0-25.local 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP Tue Aug 18 15:51:48 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux