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Teams on Everest this Spring 2000.
EverestNews.com's mission is to
focus on Everest & K2 summit attempts. However we always like to bring You a little
bonus coverage of others peaks. We are working on several for this Spring
2000, assuming the sat phones work !
EverestNews.com will follow the
attempt on Annapurna of a International Expedition; "International Annapurna
2000"
After five years of work, the
" Expedition the International Annapurna 2000 " sponsored by the Port of Barcelona, will leave tomorrow for Nepal.
Annapurna, at 8,091 meters, was
first summited in 1950 by a French group led by Maurice Herzog. The International
Annapurna 2000 is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of this climb, the first
successful attempt ever to climb an 8,000 meter peak. The team has the High Sponsorship of Carlos I of Spain and His Majesty Birendra Bir of Nepal and leadership by the mythical mountain climber and
ex-French minister Maurice Herzog along with the
Catalan Josep Antoni Pujante. The group will celebrate by climbing the most dangerous mountain of the
14 that are higher than 8000 meters, the
feat that first occurred on June 3th 1950 by the team of Maurice Herzog & Louis Lachenal.
Annapurna is well known for it's
extreme avalanche potential and once at base camp they become the climbers worst enemy.
These avalanches have taken the lives of many of the
climbers that have dared to reach its
highest point. In order to minimize the danger, the climbers will study the daily itinerary in
an attempt to follow the route that was completed in 1950 by
the team of Herzog-Lachenal.
In
addition to the climb, the team will seek to complete the management of the
construction of a health center and the coordination of a search for a Catalan Joan
Carrillo who disappeared the last December when solo ascending Cho Oyu. These are
the objectives of the team formed in addition by the Turk Yasar Ugur Uluocak,
the Basque Josu Feijoo, the Catalans: Jep Tapias, Joaquim Molins, and Xavier Arias,
Paschal Borja of Madrid, climber from Nepal Ang Phurba, Dawa Sherpa, Chuldim Sherpa
and Dawa Sherpa. The team will be received in Kathmandu by His Majesty the king of the
Nepal and once the official proceedings are complete, the team will start the
approach towards the Base Camp, that will last about 8 days and that will allow for
the initial acclimatization.
Their web site: www.interofer.es/annapurna2000
- Everest Spring 2000: Everest
Dream:
Just wanted to drop you a note and
let you know that Everest Dream expedition is started and I arrived in Kathmandu on the
Evening of the March 21st. I am calling
the name of this climb "The Solidarity Ascent" which is the solidarity between
Iranian and American people. I will fly
out Kathmandu on the Morning of the 25th to Lukla. Here is the plan of my expedition:
Itinerary of the Everest Dream
Expedition Spring 2000:
Departure USA March 19th
March 22 - Day 1: Arrive Kathmandu
March 23 - Day 2: Stay in Kathmandu (Summit Hotel)
March 24 - Day 3: Kathmandu
March 25 - Day 4: Fly from Kathmandu to Lukla
March 26 - Day 5: Trek to Phakding
March 27 - Day 6: Trek to Namche Bazaar
March 28 - Day 7: Rest/Acclimatization day in Namche
Bazaar
March 29 - Day 8:Trek to Thyangboche
March 30 - Day 9:Trek to Dingboche
March 31 & Apr 1: Day 10 & 11: Rest/Acclimatization
days
Apr 2 - Apr 4 - Day 12 - 14 Ascent of Island Peak
April 5 - Day 15: Rest day in Dingboche
April 7 - Day 16: Trek to Lobuje
April 8 - Day 17: Trek to Everest Base Camp
April 9 - Day 18: Rest & Acclimatization at Base Camp
April 10 - May 23 - Days 19 - 62 Climb of Mt. Everest
& Return to Base
May 24 - May 31 - Days 63 - 70 Return to Kathmandu.
I will be taking care of some paper work and working out details in the next few days...
I will be in touch and thanks for
all your help...
Cheers, Saeed
Saeed's first dispatch from Nepal
can be found at www.everestdream.com
- Everest Spring 2000: Byron Smith
moving up !
A couple of cool things on their
website today are two 3D models, demonstrating the use of climbing knots. These are
available through a browser plugin called Cult 3D. Cycore Canada and Pixelyard Productions
developed the applications for use on Newsworld's Everest 2000 site. To check out the
knots, download Cult 3D from http://www.cult3d.com/download/index.html
and then head to our Games section (http://cbc.ca/everest2000/games/)
Byron is at Namche Bazaar and
moving up....
For the rest Byron's news check:
http://cbc.ca/everest2000/
- Risk again ! has published their Spring
Expeditions. check them out ! Looks like three Everest Expeditions. We are now over 40
expeditions and counting this Spring !
1.) A Moscow expedition
"Everest-2000", Everest from North Side, headed by Alexander Abramov.
2.) An expedition
"Everest -2000", from Krasnodar City, headed by Yuri Agafonov, coach - Ivan
Aristov.
3.) An International expedition on
Everest from North Side, headed by Viacheslav Skripko.
Check Risk for all the details...
- Everest Spring 2000: Hugo returns to
Everest
During the spring of 2000, our
expedition will return to Mount Everest, after two successful summits to the top of the
world (1997 and 1999), with the purpose that Babu Chiri Sherpa, our Sirdar Sherpa, will
establish a new world record of speed climbing the summit and Hugo Rodriguez will become
the first Mexican man to achieve three ascents to Mount Everest.
However, our mission is not just
exclusively the sportive challenge implied but to promote a new conscience of common
effort. We will be doing some events supporting Ecology -like doing a partial cleaning at
Mount Everest- and we will be also working on a medical scientific project in order to
study how does extreme heights affects the immunological and cardiovascular systems, as
well as the energetic metabolism. Their web site is: http://www.everest2000.net
Hugo will be a Featured Expedition
on EverestNews.com !
- Want to know more about operating
a sat phone ?
Check out the
MVS Page for operating a phone in Nepal.
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has our newest sponsor. MVS has agreed to let EverestNews.com readers buy MVS phone and equipment at the dealer cost !
See
the MVS Page.
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