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Pumori 2003 featuring Dan Mazur: Dispatch Eight

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Dispatch Eight: We're terribly sorry about the delay in dispatches - Dan and Jay have been high on the mountain for the last 10 days and we desperately lack a person in basecamp to keep the reports flowing.

However, the last week and a half has provided some excellent results with 7 members representing 5 nations reaching the summit on the 7th and 8th April.

Dan Mazur - USA (Leader) Jay Reilly - Australia (Leader) Ryan Waters - USA Fred Muylaert - Belgium Deno Hewson - New Zealand Levi Borst - USA Ulrich Sure - Germany Also reaching the summit were the famous Nepalese climbers, Lakpa Sherpa, Jangbu Sherpa and Tenzing Sherpa, from Nepal. Shera Sherpa nearly reached the summit, but was tired after making an amazing attempt from camp 1.

Summit day conditions were a bit cold with ambient air temps of -25 Celsius with no wind at 6.00am. With a 10 knot breeze blowing, the start of the day was refreshing to say the least! The teams reached the summit at 2.30pm and 12.30pm respectively on both days. The climb up was challenging - 700m of 30-55 degree snow and ice, but because we only had time to fix the route to camp 2 at 6490 meters, the summit teams (roped together) also had to down climb every meter! We reached basecamp yesterday with no mishaps and with everybody healthy.

Well, we're about to leave Basecamp. The tents are all down, yaks are loaded and members are starting to trickle out. Its another sunny and beautiful day at Pumori, what has been described as Nepal's easiest 7000 meter peak. Thanks very much for your coverage and fantastic support to our expedition and to Himalayan climbing in general, telling everyone about our favorite sport, climbing to the summits of Himalayan mountains!

Thanks EverestNews.com, You are great! From everybody at SummitClimb.com on Pumori 2003.

Belgian audience: Van het Belgische front:

Fredje haalt de top, ik niet. Op het moment supreme ben ik teveel verzwakt. Maar in tegenstelling tot mijn verwachting ben ik niet ontgoocheld. Het zou slechts de kers op de taart geweest zijn. De Pumori is een machtige berg. De route stijl en technisch, een unieke ervaring. Het uitzicht en de omgeving zijn zo overweldigend dat ik gewoon dankbaar ben om hier te zijn. Nous sommes des chansards de pouvoir etre au Nepal et de vivre cette aventure. Les jours de la decente vers Lukla vont encore etre tres beaux. Merci Himalayan Expeditions pour la bonne organisation, bedankt sherpa's voor jullie eeuwige smile en bereidheid tot helpen hoe en waar dan ook. Bedankt Nepal en Himalaya om er te zijn. Bedankt lieve B. om er te zijn en het begrip voor al die 'dwaze' exploten.

Groeten en kussen vanuit de Kumbu,

Koen

German dispatch for the German audience: Thank You. Hallo zusammen, hier jetzt noch die leider schon etwas reduzierte deutsche Fraktion. Wolfgang hat uns bereits vor ein paar Tagen mit Lungenproblemen richtung Kathmandu verlassen. Am 8.04.03 waere fuer Erich und mich der Gipfeltag gewesen. Nach einer schlechten Nacht in Camp 2 war fuer Erich (62) bei ca. 6950 m Schluss; ich durfte mit Jay, Levi und Deno den Gipfel erreichen. Jetzt sind wir wieder alle gesund im Basislager vereint und bereiten uns auf unseren Abmarsch vor, der Zivilisation entgegen und einem wohlverdienten Bier. Das war es aus dem Pumori-Basislager. Viele Gruesse Uli

P.S. Ich wuensche meinen Freunden Angelika und Markus sowie der gesamten Amical-Dhaulagiri-Expedition viel Glueck, Erfolg und eine gesunde Heimkehr.

Noch ein paar Worte von Erich:

"Aus meiner Sicht hat jeder Teilnehmer seinen ganz persoenlichen Gipfel erreicht. Der eine unter seinen Fuessen, der andere im Herzen oder im Bewusstsein. Fuer mich ist das Bergsteigen eine intensive Form des alltaeglichen Lebens; eine Moeglichkeit der Selbsterkenntnis im physischen, intellektuellen und spirituellen Bereich."

Thank you from all of us on Pumori 2003

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