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First
Dispatch: The
North Ridge 28th March - June 7th: On
Thursday 28th March the Adventure Peaks
Everest team will depart Heathrow airport
bound for Kathmandu.
The
team are:- Dave Pritt and Jill Pinkerton -
Adventure Peaks expedition leaders Andy
Mayers, Gordon Read, Christopher
Mothersdale, Murray Campbell, Christopher
Burrows-wood, Stuart Peacock, David Horrox
and Patricia McGuirk and John Neville from
Ireland.
The
team has been formed over the last sixteen
months, with the majority of the members
meeting on a monthly basis, either in The
Lake District, North Wales or Scotland to
climb and walk together, with the
opportunity for all to get to know each
other. The past year has seen a good bond
grow amongst the team, hopefully a good
grounding for a supportive, successful
expedition. |
The
team will depart Kathmandu over the Easter
weekend, crossing the border into Tibet, from
which it will take 5 - 6 days to reach Everest
base camp at 5200m. On route the team will
benefit from some acclimatisation walks.
Base
camp will be established on the Rongbuk Glacier
at 5200m, from here the North Ridge follows the
original Mallory and Irvine route. After several
days at base camp the team will begin
acclimatisation walks up to their intermediate
camp at 5600m, then move further up to their
advanced base camp at 6200m which is situated
high on moraine below the North Col.
Once
the team reach Everest base camp at the end of
next week, progress reports will be e-mailed
from base camp on a regular basis so you can
follow the teams progress.
 Dispatches
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