Four Everest Expeditions on this
Spring as follows:
1.) Qomolangma 2000 JEN Expedition
North Ridge Spring 2000 Leader
Hiroshi Yashima 50 years old
2.) Hosei University Qomolangma
Expedition 2000
North Ridge Spring 2000: Leader
Toshio Nakamura 60 years old
3.) Hokkaido Everest Expedition
2000
North Ridge Spring 2000 Leader
Koichi Ezaki 48 years old
4.) Ken Noguchi Everest Expedition
2000
South East Ridge Spring 2000 Leader
Ken Noguchi 25 years old
Best Regards,
Kiyoshi Furuno
Alan Hinkes is coming to climb
Kangchenjunga this Year. Source: Bikrum Pandey
What comes after Everest ? K2, of
course. It looks as if we will have numerous Expeditions on K2 this year from around the
world attempting as many as three routes.
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Everest Spring 2000 has Started:
Should we call it Canadian Day ! Canadian Day ! Canadian Day !
Last Spring EverestNews.com
covered Bernard Voyer as he became the
Second Quebecer to Summit Everest. Bernard Voyer
took the low profile approach to Everest and did it. This year two other expeditions from
Quebec will try to follow him.
Gabriel Filippi who has hired Babu Chhiri Sherpa to assist him will attempt Everest from the South
Side. Four French Canadian Climbers have formed an expedition who will attempt Everest
from the North.
News from the French Canadians: As reported on EverestNews.com
last week, they have left Canada and have arrived in Nepal (the first team to do so).
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Juanito Oiarzabal, the only Spanish
climber who has climbed the fourteen 8000 meter peaks, seems to be
fine after being unable to complete the ascent to Aconcagua by the Polish glacier route
due to injury. Look for Juanito Oiarzabal to be on Everest with his very
experienced team, in search of Irvine and the camera.
Lhotse 2000 expedition: Expedition
"Lhotse ‘2000 – Spring". A group of Bulgarian climbers
including
Doichin Vassilev, Gadi Romem and Zaprijan Horozov will attempt Lhotse this
Spring. They are regular members of the Bulgarian Alpine Club and have participated
in many Himalaya expeditions.
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to post updates if the EverestNews server is down. We will soon add link on the K2 Page.
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EverestNews.com will be working
with (http://www.everest.home.nl) Frits
Vrijlandt and Steven Le Poole, as they attempt to climb Everest via the North ridge. When
they succeed, they will be the first Dutchmen to do so. Joke Groenendaal who will climb,
but does not plan to attempt the Summit, will keep you updated.
News: Camping in a cooling
cell. Personal report from Steven about the overnight staying in a cooling cell in
Amsterdam at -21 degrees Celsius. Click
here to read Steven's story.
EverestNews.com currently has around 20 Expeditions who has agreed to join our team in Spring 2000 to provide You with the News. In addition EverestNews.com will use our usual sources from around the
world including Nepal and Tibet. If You have not joined, join today: everestnews2004@adelphia.net.
Out of the 6 Spanish Expeditions in
Spring 2000: 4 will attempt the North Side. At least two of these now plan to follow Mallory's path.
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The Guiness Book of World Records
in its 2000 issue has included five Nepalis for their Everest records.
Tenzing Norgay Sherpa who first
reached the Summit of Everest on May 29, 1953, with Sir Edmund Hillary.
Sambhu Tamang, (non-Sherpa)
youngest climber to reach the summit. Tamang made another successful Summit of Everest in
1985.
Ang Rita Sherpa, the first person
with 10 summits of Everest. Ang Rita is retired.
Appa
Sherpa: last year summited for the 10th time. He is expected to Summit for the 11th
this year. (read his Q&A !)
Babu Chhiri Sherpa who made history
by sleeping on summit for 21 hours. He now has nine Summits including climbing the peak
twice in the same season.
Kazi Sherpa who in 1998 claimed the
speed ascent by the South in 20 hours and 24 minutes breaking a record set by a veteran
French mountaineer. This is still disputed by some.
Both Appa and Babu will back in
Spring Everest 2000.
At least 6 Spanish Everest
Expeditions are now expected for Spring 2000. At least two expeditions are talking openly
about the "The Hunt for Irvine and the camera (s)". (See 2/21 News).
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Daily News: 2/21/2000 Report
Mallory & Irvine 2000
Questions:
Mallory & Irvine 2000
Questions: Questions from the Staff at EverestNews.com (our turn):
Many of the behind the scenes
questions.
For Example: Let's suppose the
camera is found. Does it not belong to the family ? And is the film not copyrighted ?? Can
anyone publish it ?
Maybe we can go in-depth on
these Questions and others.
Q.) Let's suppose the camera is
found. Who does it belong to ?
A.) [Graham Hoyland] There
may be two cameras. One is the one given to Mallory by my great-uncle Somervell, and this
obviously belongs to his heirs David or Jim Somervell. I hope anyone who finds it will
respect this ownership. The second possibility is a small cine-camera (and Sandy loved
gadgets) that Sandy mentions in his diary. I believe this was lent by Captain Noel, in
which case Sandra Noel owns it.
Q.) Is the film copyrighted ??
A.) [Graham Hoyland] Copyright law
in notoriously complicated, and early twenties Tibetan copyright law particularly so. I
believe there are competing claims from at least four parties involved in the original
British Expedition. You can bet the lawyers would be crawling all over this one.
Q.) Can anyone else publish the
pictures ?
A.) [Graham Hoyland] Anyone
might publish, but I don't envy them the court cases.
Q.) If someone were wander off the
normal route to the summit of Everest this year and accidentally to find the camera this year how should it be preserved as to not ruin the film ??
A.) [Graham Hoyland] Kodak's
advice was to keep it freezing cold and dry in a sealed dark bag preserved from humidity.
And don't send it to BonusPrint, because if you do the picture will come back with one of
those stickers on it "Over Exposed/Poor Focus/Try Again"
Q.) Have you been contacted by
Irvine Family. Do you know their wishes?
A.) [Graham Hoyland] I've
been in touch with them from well before the expedition last year- you may remember that
it was Irvine we all expected to find. I've had another recent meeting with the
representatives, and I now have a letter from John Irvine detailing their wishes. These I
will communicate to the search parties at Base Camp.
Q.) Any More ?? [Graham Hoyland]
Yes, How to preserve any artifacts. Can I ask anybody out there for advice on how
to do this so that we can hand out details at BC?
