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This
could be "Titled One Woman against
Everest!"
We
heard from Martine today, she is very unhappy about
her computer which is not anymore working, so she
has to rely on various friends to relay the news. On
April 9th, she had a great dinner at base camp with
Tashi Tenzing and Apa Sherpa of the Swiss 50th Anniversary
expedition, their families joined in too. Early
April 10th, at 5.30AM, she teamed up with porters
that were heading to Camp 1 to bring some equipments
up there, at 5800M, just as she was coming out of
the Khumbu Icefall, she became sick, not from
altitude, she had a heavy breakfast that did not
agree with her stomach. For her luck, another
amazing, helpful climber came to check on her and
helped her tremendously. That was Mr. Homs [She
must mean Mr. Um] from Korea (he has done the 14
climbs of 8000M!!) Martine did not sleep in Camp 1
that night, she returned to Base Camp. Today, April
11th, she will rest. It seems that there has been an
evacuation today of a climber who broke his/her leg
[not yet confirmed]. The plan for Martine is
that tomorrow April 12th she will head back to Camp
1, 6000M and sleep there. April 13th, she will
continue the climb to Camp 2 but will not sleep
there, instead she will return to Camp 1 for a
couple of night. This will be followed by a return
to Base Camp for a good rest of another couple of
days, by then she should be prepared for the
complete climb. She is in great spirit, happy and
full of her normal enthusiasm.
Martine
Larroque, bought a "SLOT" on a Sherpa
permit. She is climbing the South side Everest on
her own....
Dispatches
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