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Everest
2001 "Anything is Possible":
Dispatches are below !
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mountaineer Gary
Guller will attempt to summit Mt. Everest,
the highest mountain in the world at 8,850m,
in Spring 2001. While any attempt at Everest
is one of the greatest challenges one could
undertake, Gary's attempt will be especially
personal. In 1986, Gary suffered a spinal cord
injury in a climbing accident. His neck was
broken and the nerve roots going to his left
arm were pulled out of the spinal cord.
Despite experimental surgery, the paralysis
was irreparable and he made the decision to
have his left arm amputated. |
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23
- Greetings from Phakding! Maurice arrived into
Kathmandu yesterday - everybody was excited to
get out of the noise and smog of Kathmandu and
to the clean air of the mountains! This morning,
the "troops" loaded up all of the
expedition and trekking gear and headed off to
the airport for the flight to Lukla. After
a little wait at the airport, we all boarded the
Russian made MIL-17 helicopter for the 50 minute
flight to Lukla. We packed ourselves in among
the blue and yellow Arun Expedition bags,
kerosene containers and communications equipment
and held our breath as the helicopter made its
way though the Himalayan foothills. |
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flight. We jumped out at Lukla into a sea of
porters, Sherpa and townspeople with the rotors
still going. From there it was a two hour trek
to Phakding, where we stayed at the wonderful Om
hotel. We celebrated Tunc's 29th birthday with
chocolate cake and tea! The plan for tomorrow is
to hike to Namche Bazaar, where we will stay and
acclimatize for a day or two! Everyone is doing
well and in good spirits! Until tomorrow from
Namche... Janis
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| March
24
- Namaste from Namche Bazaar! Today, we made the
trek from Phakding (2,610m) to Namche Bazaar
(3,440m), a Sherpa village in the Khumbu region.
What a wonderful trek today - mountain peaks
everywhere you look, the spectacular Dudh Koshi
river valley and our first glimpse at Mount
Everest! In the afternoon we ascended the famous
"Namche Hill", a three hour hike up a
narrow trail ... with most of us experiencing
the first effects of altitude! |
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half way up, Mike Trueman, our expedition's
"hardened mountaineer", showed us the
summit of Mount Everest through the afternoon
clouds! We arrived at Namche in the early
afternoon, did a little exploring and were off
to bed - a well deserved rest after a long day
of trekking! Janis |
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