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  David Lim: Elbrus 2003


David Lim is best known in Asia and abroad for leading the 1st Singapore Mt Everest Expedition in 1998 which succeeded in placing two members on the summit. The climb captured the imagination of the entire country and helped reset the parameters of what could be achieved by the small and flat island nation. A week after returning from Everest, he experienced a life-and-death struggle with Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a serious nerve disorder. The disorder totally paralyzed and hospitalized him for six months. David is now partially disabled as a result.

ELBRUS DISPATCHES: Summit Day: Rudolf Rother, Grant Rawlinson and myself got up at 2.30am and made our way up the icy slopes to the Pashthukov Rocks (as did about 20 other people in various groups). The average angle of the slopes were between 35 - 45 degrees. It got windy almost immediately once we were above the Rocks (4,700m) and lasted throughout the traverse around the base of Elbrus East (5,621m). The yellow moon sulkily slunk off a dull red at about 5am and it took a while for the sun to get up' casting a huge shadow of Elbrus on the Caucasian plains below.

We rested a bit before the final steep 200m ascent up to the summit plateau. This was the toughest part of all. To be frank, we should have acclimatized for another day at our 4,300m camp. But the very changeable weather demanded a swift move. The summit was windy - 80km/h at least and people barely able to stand. We summitted at just before 9am and returned at about 1pm. Low clouds began to sweep in and the summit soon became covered in clouds

Seems we made the right move since all night on the 12th, we were buffeted by gale force winds and about 6 inches of windblown snow. The foul weather chased us all the way back down on the 13th

We're now enjoying shashliks and beers in the valley.

Amongst some new friends we made included Joao Garcia - whom EverestNews.com friends may recall from his epic descent from the summit of Everest a few years ago with frostbite injuries. He is here with a Portuguese group climbing Elbrus and they summited on the 11th.

Cheers, David and the South Col Adventures team

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