March
21st, 2002: Martine Larroque started her journey
to Mt. Everest today early morning. She decided to
summit Mount Everest to support Médecins Sans
Frontières (MSF) and raising fund for needy... Click
here for the full dispatch.
March
21- 23rd, 2002: March 21st, 2002: 7am, a
normal day, like any other day; temperature 28
degrees C, not bad, but wait it is only 7 am! It
will probably jump to 38 or more at lunch time....Click
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March
26, 2002: We received a call from Martine
Larroque, at present she is at an altitude of 38,050
in Khumgung... Click
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March
27, 2002: Finally I reached the Sherpa land. I
flew from Katmandu to Lukla on the 24th on the way
to base camp...
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March
27, 2002: Pictures
Everyone
wonders what happened at the base camp. After 10
days of trekking, I have reached the base camp. I
am the first westerner to reach base camp.
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...
Dispatch
4/14/2002: For whomever knows Martine it will not
come as a surprise that although she is living the
dream of her life, climbing Mt Everest, she has
this incredible sense of friendship ...
April
22nd to April 26th, Martine and Lapka Sherpa were
back in Base Camp for rest, laundry, visiting
other climbers who are part of various expeditions,
and tend to Lapka Sherpa's eye problem.
April
28th, Martine arrived to Camp 2 by 3PM, the warnings
that bad weather was coming became soon evident as
for the next two nights and three days a terrible
storm hit the area. All climbers had to remain in
their tents...
May
6th: After the hard days at camp 2 with a 180 km wind,
knocking at my tent; looking at the roof of my tent
for 10 hours in below 17 degrees Celsius, I decided to
head up to base camp. What a surprise to see in the
Swiss tent, my friend from Dubai, Farzane having a cup
of tea with Philippe the Doctor. She spent a night in
my tent because poor Farzane was gasping for air. She
couldn't sleep. The next day her condition did not
ameliorate and we decided to go down to the valley as
soon as possible.... Click
here for the full dispatch.
Martine
Larroque, the attempt...
What happened on May
16th?
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