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Daily News: 5/30-31/99
Report 2:49 PM EST
- Everest Spring 99 North Side: Summits !
The 2 names of the Georgian summiters.
Here they are:
Mr. Merab Khabazi (or Khabaza)
Mr. Irakli Ugulava
We also have the two names of the American climbers. Here they are:
Mr. Frederick C. Barth born June 6,
1952
Mr. Ghorghe Dijmarescu (previously reported) born November 20,
1961 Pemba Sherpa also reached the Summit.
All of these climbers are from the expeditions
organized by Asian-Trekking. Climbers climbing independently (non-guided) with
Sherpa support.
Update **** Note please see QUESTIONED
SUMMITS on Everest
Daily News: 5/29/99 Report
8:23 AM EST
Daily News: 5/28/99 Report
1:01 PM EST
- Everest Spring 99 North
Side: "Kangshung Face" Summits ! "We have just
received a Radio Message that confirms the successful climb of 3 Indian
nationals from the Millenium Indian Everest Expedition Team. The
message says that Kusang Dorjee Sherpa, Sange Sherpa and Amar Prakash (all
Indian climbers) arrived at the summit of Mt. Everest at 7:10 a.m. Nepal
time today, 28th May 1999, climbing through the "Kangshung Face".
Thank you. Sincerely, Ang Tshering Sherpa Managing Director
Asian-Trekking. Asian-Trekking and their Sherpa climbers are supporting this
expedition which includes Chuldim Sherpa, who was an Everest Summitter with
the Chilean Expedition Kangshung Face in 1994 according to Asian-Trekking.
- Patagonia Mountain
Agency has updated their site. Check their site for the dispatch.
EverestNews.com, has confirmed that the Italians (at least not part of them)
has not left Everest as was earlier reported by PMA. EverestNews.com simply has
not had time to confirm if the others reporting by PMA (Swiss, Ukrainians)
has left. The confusion probably results from some of the expedition leaving
but not all of them (but that is speculation). EverestNews.com also does not
know if the French part of the Swiss expedition has left.
- Insiders look for an update
in a few hours.
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- Everest
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Montovani, Kurt Diemberger, William Fortney (Translator) Hardcover - 144
pages (October 1997) Mountaineers Books;
Daily News: 5/27/99
Report 3:01 PM EST
- Everest Spring 99 North
Side: The Question (see NEWSFLASH below): Were the two Summits by the 2
members from the "International Everest Expedition"; A.) from
number (3) on our North Side
expedition page: Asian-Trekking North Side 99 Expedition, aka,
International expedition (organized by Asian Trekking agency) - Everest from
North - leader Gia Tortladze; B.) number (4) International Everest
Expedition 99 Spring, (2nd group), organized by Zelenograd
mountaineering club and Asian-Trekking - leader Skripko
Viacheslav (Russia) and Dimitrov Borislav (Bulgaria) or C.) number (1) on
our list Everest International Expedition 1999: Leader Belgian Pascal
Debrouwer and Joao Garcia. The answer is simple. We don't know. We
could speculate but we won't.
Update **** Note please see QUESTIONED
SUMMITS on Everest
- Joao Garcia: A reliable
source reports to EverestNews.com that, "Joao is arriving in Kathmandu at
the moment, according to our correspondent in Macau who has moved to
Kathmandu since last Thursday...", We hope the media goes slow with
Joao. EverestNews.com will wait until Joao has had time to rest and reflect on
this experience and then we will talk with Joao. Probably when he contacts
us.
- Cho Oyu Summits by the
Moscow Sport Committee on Risk. Risk
is also working to try to find the names of the climbers in the below
NEWSFLASH. So check them out and stay tuned.
- EverestNews.com
is very far
behind on our e-mail again. But as those who have e-mailed us know. We TRY
to answer our e-mail. We don't always have the answers, but we do TRY to get
back to You. Look for us to get caught up, next week...
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Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours. Hardcover - 240 pages 1st Ed
edition (May 1999)
- Everest
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Montovani, Kurt Diemberger, William Fortney (Translator) Hardcover - 144
pages (October 1997) Mountaineers Books;
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NEWSFLASH: 5/27/99
Report 8:39AM EST
- Everest Spring 99 North Side: Summits, Summits, and More Summits !
- On 26th May 1999 the Sherpa
climber Apa (aka Appa) Sherpa successfully climbed to the summit of the
worlds highest peak, Mt. Everest (8848 m) from North Side at 11:00
a.m. With this
climb he has achieved the record of climbing Mt. Everest 10 times (the same number as Ang
Rita Sherpa). Together with Apa Sherpa, Ghorghe Dijmarescu,
an American climber, succeeded in his attempts to climb to the summit
of Mt. Everest. Others who climbed to the summit are: Naga Dorje
Sherpa, Man B. Tamang and another Sherpa whose name is currently unknown. 2 members from
the International Everest Expedition also reached at the summit of
Mt. Everest from North Side at 11:00 a.m. on 26th May 1999. Georgian climbers
of the 1st Georgian Everest (North Side) Expedition also succeeded in
getting to the summit of Mt. Everest from North Side at the same time, the
same day.
- On 27th May 1999 at 7:00 a.m. 3 foreign
climbers and 3 Nepalese Sherpas of the Himalayan Experience Expedition to
Mt. Everest successfully climbed to the summit of Mt. Everest from Tibet
Side. Those who succeeded in getting to the summit of Mt. Everest are: Japanese climber Mr. Kazuhiko
Kozuka, German climber Miss Helga Hengge and Australian climber Mr. Geoffrey Robb, and the
Nepalese High Altitude Sherpas Mr. Loppsang T. Sherpa, Mr. Phurba T. Sherpa and Mr.
Karsang N. Sherpa. Source: Ang Tshering Sherpa, Managing Director
- 10 members of the China Tibet Mountaineering
Expedition Team to All 14 8000m Peaks successfully climbed to the summit of
Mt. Everest from North Side (Tibet) on 27th May 1999 at 8:00 a.m. More on
the "Chinese ghost climbers" on EverestNews.com in the June re-caps.
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NEWSFLASH: 5/26/99
Report 1:59PM EST (Updated)
- Everest Spring 99 South
Side: Our friends at HIMALAYA Center in Kathmandu tell EverestNews.com
that Babu Chhiri Sherpa has achieved his ninth Summit of Everest. Other
Sherpa climbers to reach the Summit were:
Dawa
Sherpa aged 35, Takshindu, Solukhumbu, has become two times summitter, Pemba
Sherpa aged 27 of Takshindu, Solukhumbu, Mingma Chhiring Sherpa aged 30 of
Thame, Solukhumbu, Nima Dorgee Sherpa aged 33 of Sankhuwashabha, two times
summitter, Da Temba Sherpa aged 34 of Namche, Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa of Thame,
Solukhumbu also climbed the Sagarmatha this morning.
Daily News: 5/26/99
Report 12:39 PM EST
- Everest Spring 99 North
Side: We decided to wait until we
heard something on the North Side. But it is now night in Nepal (and Tibet)
with no report coming.... So what we know is similar to yesterday. Several
climbers are at High camps with Summit attempts expected, but no news of
summits from yesterday yet. Additional news is that we have an unconfirmed
report (from a reliable source, or we would not report it) that the large
Asian-Trekking Expedition with deputy leader Fred Barth will attempt the
summit on the 26th. EverestNews.com has no news on individual climbers in this
group.
- Everest Spring 99 North
Side: It is very hard to report the North Side in real time and
confirm items once several expeditions leave. Look for news on the North
Side to continue in June, with many confirmations and re-caps occurring in
June. Also look for many climbers to be interviewed by EverestNews.com.
- 1999 Everest Summits by
EverestNews.com page has been updated. This page is still DRAFT with additional information
(like yesterday's summits) to be added, including those two mystery
climbers.
- Featured Books: Matt Dickinson
author of the Other
Side of Everest : Climbing the North Face Through the Killer Storm
Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours. Hardcover - 240 pages 1st Ed
edition (May 1999)
- Everest
: The History of the Himalayan Giant by Roberto Mantovani, Roberto
Montovani, Kurt Diemberger, William Fortney (Translator) Hardcover - 144
pages (October 1997) Mountaineers Books;
- Support EverestNews.com Sponsors !
1999 K2:Dear
friends who follow EverestNews.com,
Get ready! From Jun
1st on EverestNews.com will transmit "K2 on-line", digital photos and
information sent daily via satellite from Karakorum. You will follow our
expedition step by step, formed by the Italian Abele Blanc, the
Spaniard Pepe Garces and I, the Brazilian Waldemar Niclevicz. Firstly, we
are going to face Gasherbrum and Hidden Peak and then, K2. It won't be easy
to climb those three
mountains, that's why I count on your cheering!
Before
starting my trip, I spent three days in Bolivia. The
weather was terrific and I could climb three
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(5,370m) and Condoriri (5,648m). Those mountains are
located near La Paz, on the called
Cordillera Real in Bolivian Andes. It was a pity I
couldn't stay longer, but I believe that those
few days have been enough to alert my organism
that I'll reach higher altitudes.
And now, my friends, I've
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long trip on May 23rd, leaving Brazil to Italy where I'll meet
Abele Blanc. Together we're going to do the last shopping
and on May 30th we'll leave to Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. We'll
meet Pepe Garces there.
Waldemar Niclevicz
Attention: From Jun
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information, sent via satellite directly from Pakistan.
Project K2 is sponsored by
O BOTICΑRIO, IRIDIUM AND MATTE LEΓO.
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