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EverestNews.com attempts
to cover most climbers on Everest in one way or another. This
page has specific links that EverestNews.com will feature dispatches
from or receive News on from them or their sources. EverestNews.com
news is listed on the Daily News
and Notes Page. Check our News
page everyday for the latest News from Everest.
Some of the Expeditions
EverestNews.com will be working with this Spring are listed below:
Featured Expeditions:
South Side
1.) A private American
expedition: www.everestcleanup.com
2000 Everest Environmental
A team of eight climbers
and over 20 Sherpas will climb to Camp
4 on Everest this spring to attempt to bring down hundreds of discarded
oxygen bottles and tons of trash left by other climbers in the past.
The climbers will also
attempt to summit Everest.
Members include Robert
Chang, Expedition leader Robert Hoffman of Belmont, CA, (his fourth expedition
to Everest), Deputy Expedition leader is Robert Boice of San Francisco. The
expedition trek leader is Jamling Tenzing Norgay, the son of one of the first
Everest summiteers, Tenzing Norgay. In addition, Sherman Bull, 62, of Stamford,
CT, is a physician member.
The lead Sherpa is Appa
Sherpa.
2.) Canadian climber
Byron Smith and his all Canadian Expedition: www.cbc.ca/everest2000
The 39-year-old who was
born in Winnipeg, Manitoba plans his second attempt on Everest beginning in
March 2000. Byron grew up in Calgary and now lives in Vulcan, Alberta with his
son Zachary and wife Jamie. Byron Smith owns and runs a car dealership in Vulcan
and trains up to two and a half hours a day, six days a week to keep in climbing
shape. He will be one of the strongest climbers on the mountain EverestNews.com
is told by other veteran Everest climbers.
His Expedition Everest
2000 has contracted Science Alberta
Foundation to develop a multidisciplinary education program for Canadian
students. Students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 will participate in a virtual
field trip to the "Top of the World." Teachers will appreciate the
easy access to relevant, prepackaged lesson plans and activities. Students will
enjoy the innovative, hands-on format of the Everest 2000 activities. Each group
of lessons will include geography, science, mathematics, language arts, and
physical education activities. This education program appears to be one of the
best ever offered.
This year Byron will lead
the expedition supported by Everest Veteran Tim Rippel, from Nelson British
Columbia as his cameraman and fellow climber. The Expedition will film Byron on
his attempt in what is hoped will be one of the better films to be made on the
South Side of Everest. Byron will have 12 Sherpa climbers from Asian Trekking on
his expedition supporting the many activities. This expedition promises to be
one of the main featured expeditions in 2000 with many educational
opportunities.
3.) Asian-Trekking
supporting the Nepalese Women Millennium Everest Expedition 2000
The group consists of
four women climbers, Lakpa Sherpa, Mingma Yangzi Sherpa, Dawa Yangzi Sherpa and
Dolma Sherpa. Only one Nepalese woman has reached the Summit of Everest. Pasang
Lhamu Sherpa died descending after reaching the Summit on 4/22/93. The
Expedition was organized with Mrs. Pasang Lhamu Sherpa as the expedition leader
supported by a strong male Sherpa team of male climbers including the great
Sonam Tshering Sherpa who gave his life trying to save Mrs. Pasang Lhamu Sherpa
from death.
Lakpa Sherpa is the
Expedition leader of the "Nepalese Women Millennium Everest Expedition
2000" and brother of Chhiring Sherpa, who has reached the Summit of Everest
4 times. Four climbers from Asian trekking will support this attempt. Two of
which (at least), EverestNews.com is told will be climbers who have previously
reached the Summit of Everest.
4.) A young American
climber Saeed Toossi who was born in Iran: www.everestdream.com
Saeed has his own
independent Expedition to Everest in Spring 2000. EverestNews.com, frankly
knew little to nothing about this climber. Therefore, we asked others and
himself. Here is what he told us:
"I was born in
Tehran/Iran in 1959. I started my climbing activities
when I was 14 years old in the North of Tehran. Started college in Iran
in 1979. Government closed down universities in 1982. Left Iran in 1983
to come to the US to continue my education. Completed my BS in Computer
Science at West Chester University in 1988. Started to work in the field
and completed my MS in Software Engineering at Penn State University in 1991. Got back in to climbing again in 1993.
My full climbing background is
on my site under Experience summary page. "
I do live in the
Washington D.C. Northern Virginia area and work as a Network Engineer.
5.) An experienced
Danish Expedition: Thrane & Thrane sponsorship of the first all Danish Mount
Everest Expedition
In the Spring of year
2000 the satellite communication company, Thrane & Thrane, is sponsoring the
first all Danish Mount Everest Expedition. The expedition named ‘BigE –
Thrane & Thrane Danish Everest Expedition 2000’ - will leave for the
Himalayas on March 27th and attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest in May.
All eight members of the BigE-expedition are among the most experienced Danish
climbers with significant mountaineering experience. Leader of the expedition
and team doctor is Henrik Jessen Hansen. Henrik Jessen Hansen has been on
five earlier expeditions to the Himalayas, including one to Mount Everest in
1996. This year was a disastrous year at Mount Everest with numerous casualties.
As a result, Henrik Jessen Hansen had to give up his personal attempt to reach
the summit. Instead Henrik Jessen Hansen established the world highest located
emergency hospital, where he performed important and needed rescue help.
Thrane & Thrane has
previously sponsored other mountaineering expeditions, including expeditions to
Mt. Everest in 1996 and Gasherbrum I in Pakistan in 1998. However, the
sponsorship of the BigE-expedition is by far the company’s biggest sponsorship
investment. The main objective of the BigE-sponsorship is to present Thrane
& Thrane as a leading-edge satellite communications company and to
demonstrate Thrane & Thrane product superiority and reliability under
extreme conditions. In particular in regard to Thrane & Thrane’s most
recent product innovation within satellite communication, the Capsat Messenger
(the M4 terminal). The BigE-expedition will bring along the Capsat Messenger as
its primary communication unit and Thrane & Thrane is confident that the
Capsat Messenger will perform trouble-free.
On the BigE-expedition
Thrane & Thrane is represented by director Lars Thrane and electronic
engineer, Jan Mathorne. Their participation in the expedition gives
Thrane & Thrane a first-hand experience of the Capsat Messenger’s quality
and reliability. In addition, it demonstrates Thrane & Thrane’s unique
company spirit. Thrane & Thrane attracts some of the best electronic
engineers and creative minds in the business and the people who work at Thrane
& Thrane strive to push back the limits and reach new heights.
The BigE-expedition and
its progress can be followed at Thrane & Thrane’s website: http://www.tt.dk/everest/intro.html
EverestNews.com friend Bo
Belvedere Christensen will also be part of this expedition. Bo has been part of
many expeditions to 8000 meter peaks including the Everest 1996 Expedition. This
expedition is planning a South Pillar Route see: http://www.tt.dk/everest/hq_rute.html
6.) A Spanish Everest
Expedition: Everest 2000 www.lacenet.org
You will need to Join (in upper left hand corner)
A South Side Expedition
with many experienced climbers including expeditions to Manaslu (1991),
Makalu (1976), Everest (1983 and 1985), Lothse (1980), Annapurna IV (1979),
Disthgil Sar (1982), Saipal (1985), Makalu (1988 and 1990), K2 (1995). The
Spanish were very successful in 95 on K2 as you can see on our K2 Summits page sumk2.htm.
The
Cooperative Telematic Project, 'From Montserrat to Mount Everest', consists in
the educational accompaniment, through a virtual expedition, of the real
mountaineering team that will try to climb to the top of Mount Everest in May
2000, sponsored mainly by the Caixa de Manresa and La Vanguardia.
Using
the Internet, we will propose different activities in order to bring everyone
closer to this expedition and to show its main characteristics, how it is
planned, and the challenge it presents for its members. We'll also consider the
Himalayan region, its people, their way of life, etc.
"Project
LaceNet" was born two years ago, with the goal of introducing the Central
Catalonian educational centers to the Internet. In the first edition, we carried
out the project "Discover the Bages County", and in the second, we
offered a "Virtual trip to Antarctica", in which Argentinian schools
participated. In the current school year (99-00), we are presenting "From
Montserrat to Mount Everest". This is a project addressed to the Bages
County, Spain and the international public. The project is sponsored by the
Fundació caixaManresa and has the support of European SchoolNet and
I*EARN-Pangea.
This expedition has many
plans. Please check out their many pages. Make sure you find the Activities
page. Many educational activities for students. Activities will be available on
the project website from January 1, 2000 until the middle of the following June.
As for educational centers, teachers will be able to define the length and
rhythm of their classes' participation and individual participation. For
everyone there will be some activities that continue for the life of the project
and others that have a limited time frame.
7.) Jagged Globe,
Featured Expedition
EverestNews.com will
feature full dispatches from Jagged Globe in Spring 2000. Jagged Globe was
founded by Steve Bell. Steve has more than 20 years of mountaineering
experience including winter ascents of the north faces of the Eiger and
Matterhorn. He claims "Britain's first guided expedition to an 8,000m peak
and was the first Briton to lead clients to the summit of Everest." He has
climbed all of the continental summits and is a fully qualified UIAGM mountain
guide.
Steve and Jagged Globe
are known as one of the best guiding companies in the world. Some think the
Best.
This year's expedition
will be lead by Australian guide, Andrew Lock (having been on two previous
Everest expeditions and reached the Summit
of K2), supported by Tim Bird. Tim has led expeditions for Jagged
Globe for many years including successful trips to Elbrus, Stok Kangri, Mera and
Island Peak, Aconcagua and Gasherbrum II. A highly regarded professional
instructor (MIC), Tim directs their Scottish Winter Courses, and provides their
UK technical support for training and advice to all their group expeditions
licensed through the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority. They are using
the same Sherpa team as last year.
This is another
international team, comprising: Jack Culley (UK), Joe Wolf (USA), Jeff
Magee (UK), David Spencer (UK), Curt Peterson (USA), Timothy Gregg (USA) , Paul
Giorgio (USA).
Joe Wolf hopes to
complete his 7 Summits and to be the oldest summiter this season - he's 61 in
March!
Simon Lowe, one of
their most experienced leaders having led successful expeditions to Everest.
Simon is Jagged Globe's Operations Director.
Check them out at :http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/
They
leave on March 23th to attempt the South East ridge of Everest.
8.) Andalucia Everest
2000:
EverestNews.com will
publish their reports in English. Their reports in Spanish, pictures, and more
will be on http://www.deporteandaluz.com/everest.htm
9.) Asian-Trekking: Anna
Czerwinska (Poland), and Bill Zachary climbing independently.
10.) Adventure
Consultants Ltd - High Altitude Expeditions featuring Guy Cotter http://www.adventure.co.nz
Adventure Consultants
Everest Expedition 2000
Expedition Leader - Guy Cotter (NZ)
Guide - David Hiddleston (NZ)
Climber - Andy Hebson (USA)
Climber - Yukimitsu Okubo (JAPAN)
Climbing Sirdar - Ang Dorje Sherpa
Expedition Sirdar - Ang Tshering Sherpa
Expedition Doctor - Dr. Jim Litch and Dr. Rachel Bishop
11.) Jeffrey Warden
A lone climber from
Canadian attempts the Summit from the South Side. His name is Jeffrey Warden,
and he is from Winnipeg Canada. Below is a picture of him:
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signs on the one read: CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE NOW AT UHURU PEAK,
TANZANIA, 5895M. AMSL AFRICA'S HIGHEST POINT WORLD'S HIGHEST
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Click on the his picture
for a much larger size...
www.pangeaextreme.homestead.com
12.) 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
13.) Never did like 13,
can't have a 13th expedition....
14.) Gabriel Filippi with
Babu Chiri Sherpa
An air-traffic manager based in Iqaluit is
planning to scale the heights of Mount Everest. Gabriel Filippi, 39, a mountain
climber, would be the third Quebecer to ascend the world's highest peak.
The highest peak Filippi
has attained in a quarter-century of climbing has been Argentina's Mount
Aconcagua, an altitude of 6,962 meters. He has not attempted any 8000 meter peak
before.
The expedition will be
led by Babu Chiri
Sherpa, of Nepal, and will include three- four Mexican climbers. The first
Quebecer to reach the top of Everest was Yves Laforest, in 1991. Last year, Bernard
Voyer became the second Quebecer to do so.
Filippi left for Everest
yesterday ! EverestNews.com spoke with him by phone. " I am very excited
with so many things to do".
Babu Chiri Sherpa who
established the world record by spending 21 hours on the summit of Mount Everest
without auxiliary oxygen in the Spring of 1999. He has already summited Mount
Everest 9 times and this year, he will attempt to reach the Base Camp from the
summit in 16 hours, which would be a record time!
T-shirts ! for sale http://www.everesty2k.com/en.html
His web site: http://www.everesty2k.com/
15.) Canadian Everest
Expedition 2000:
The four-member team, the
Canadian Everest Expedition 2000, say they are not peak happy. Technically,
they are highly skilled. Mentally, they are driven by passion, but they won't
take unnecessary risks just to make the summit. Team leader Ben Webster,
36, said he wanted a team that would focus on the process during the lengthy
Everest climb, and not just on the summit awaiting them. Physically and
mentally, the team is prepared to greet Everest. With a variety of ascents
tucked into the teams' climbing history, they have a lot of successful
highlights to refer back to. However, the team does not have much H.A.
experience. Webster exudes bountiful energy that seems to permeate to others
around him. This added to his zest for mountaineering makes his natural
leadership skills apparent.
In his 20 years as a
professional adventure guide and instructor, Webster has filled his spare time
with climbing, kayaking and snowboarding. Along with his summit of Africa's
highest peak, Kilimanjaro, Webster reached the peak of Mt Illiampu in
Boliva at 20,000 feet. Also accredited to Webster is the first ascent of the
Southwest Ridge of Mt. Thor in the Arctic Circle. In 1988 Webster achieved a
winter ascent of Mt. Bhagirathi, located in India. With dozens of ascents
stretching from the Alps and the Andes to the Himalayas and the Rockies,
Webster, a Toronto native, is the leader of the Canadian Everest Expedition
2000.
His team members include Benoit
Robitaille, Francois Bédard and Claude Bérubé, all members
of the Fédération québécoise de la montagne et de l'escalade (Quebec
Federation of Mountains and Climbing.) Team member Bérubé, 45, of Lac St.
Charles, Que. is well known in the climbing world. He is known for his technical
expertise and a long list of impressive climbs. Bérubé was the first to summit
the southwest pillar on Mt. Thor and the East Ridge on Mt. Mjolnir in Baffin
Island. He is also known for his climbing Mt. McKinley in Alaska and Mt. Steele
in the Yukon. He is owner of APIC, a company specializing in designing and
building artificial climbing walls. Benoit Robitaille of Beauport, Que. has
welcomed various climbing challenges throughout Quebec and the Canadian and
American Rockies. Both he and team member Francois Bedard reached 19,550 feet on
Mt. Logan and on 22,831 feet on Mt. Aconcagua in Argentina.
The climbers are
accompanied by sports psychologist Sean Egan, who is studying the mental strain
on the climbers, and Dr. Max Buxton, who will provide medical services at base
camp.
You can get full details
at the Canadian Everest Expedition 2000's official website -- http://www.canoe.ca/Everest/home.html
16.) Mountain
Madness : Christine
Boskoff - Expedition Leader
and Peter
Habeler. Also Check their page on
EverestNews.com.
17.) The
Millennium Seven Summits Expedition lead by Gavin Bate and John Barry. Check
their page on EverestNews.com.
North
1.) Three Dutch Climbers
Frits Vrijlandt, Steven Le Poole, and Joke Groenendaal: http://www.everest.home.nl/
Frits Vrijlandt and
Steven Le Poole, will attempt to climb Everest via the North ridge. When they
succeed, they will be the first Dutchmen to do so. Joke will keep you
updated.
Frits Vrijlandt and
Steven Le Poole will be part of a non-commercial British/Dutch expedition.
2.) A French Canadian
Expedition: Everest Millénium www.everestmillenium.qc.ca
Four French Canadian
Climbers take on Everest via the Tibet Side without the use of Sherpas or
oxygen.
More
information on them here.
3.) Retena Expedition
Odyssey Everest 2000
Six Spanish climbers,
will try to be first Expedition to reach
the summit of Everest in 2000: Inaki
Ochoa, Jose Mari Onate Perez, Koldo Aldaz, Carlos Pauner, Mikel Zabalza and
Antonio Akerreta. The expedition will not use oxygen and climb from the
North Side.
This
is an experienced team with climbers having 8000 meter experience.
4.)
http://www.indiaeverest2000.com/
5.) Asian-Trekking:
International Everest Expedition. A team which includes:
a. Studer Wilfried
and wife (Austrians)
b. Per Bager and
jeppe Stoltz (Denmark)
c. Gheorghe
Dijmarescu (USA)
d. Hans Goger
(Austria).
6.) Monterosa Treks &
Expedition P. LTD (Expedition
Cancelled ! ).
7.) Dutch
Panaroma Everest Expedition Leader: Hans van der
Muelen.
8.) Risk
has published their Spring Expeditions.
a.) A Moscow
expedition "Everest-2000", Everest from North Side, headed by
Alexander Abramov.
b.) An expedition
"Everest -2000", from Krasnodar City, headed by Yuri Agafonov, coach -
Ivan Aristov.
c.) An International
expedition on Everest from North Side, headed by Viacheslav Skripko.
News from
9.)
Qomolangma
2000 JEN Expedition North Ridge Spring 2000
North Ridge Spring 2000
Leader Hiroshi Yashima
10.) Hosei
University Qomolangma Expedition 2000
North Ridge Spring 2000:
Leader Toshio Nakamura
11.) Hokkaido
Everest Expedition 2000 North Ridge Spring 2000 only Japanese
Leader Koichi Ezaki
12.) Ken
Noguchi Everest Expedition 2000:
North East Ridge Spring
2000: Ken does not climb Everest this time. He goes for the cleaning of Everest,
around 6000M-8000M. He is planning to get about 2 tons of garbage from the
mountain. The main sponsor will be SONY CORP.
13.) Never did like 13,
can't have a 13th expedition....
14.) AL
FILO DE LO IMPOSIBLE (Irvine & Mallory)
In Spring 2000, Juan
Oiarzabal from Spain will head an expedition to emulate Mallory & Irvine's
1924 attempt on Everest. Juan is one of
only 6 men to Summit all of the 14 8000 meter peaks. This expedition will
film their climb while attempting to reproduce Mallory & Irvine's ascents.
Juan and his expedition will attempt the same route as Mallory & Irvine
without the use of bottled oxygen. Juan Oiarzabal is clearly one of the greatest
H. A. climbers ever, gives this group hope and credibility.
The Expedition climbing
members are: Juan Oiarzabal, Alberto Zeraín, Iñaki Querejeta, Ferrán Latorre,
Juan Vallejo, Josu Bereciartua, Oscar Cadiach expedition members. (Spanish
Spellings)
What is their Everest
experience? Alberto Zerain climbed Everest (S Col) in May 1993. Oscar Cadiach
climbed Everest in Aug 1985 (N Col route) and May 1993 (S Col). Juan
Oiarzabal did the 14 8000m peaks between 1985 (Cho Oyu) and 1993 (Everest S Col
with oxygen.).
This expeditions news
will come from our sources in Spain, not directly from the mountain.
15.) The
Germans and the Austrians: Chomolungma
by fair means without oxygen.
In the German/Austrian
tradition these climbers will attempt Everest from the North without oxygen and
by fair means. The climbers are Bastel Haller, Gustav Weinberger, Dr, Jurgen
Zapf, Barbara Hirschbichler, Rudi Roozen, Georg Simair, and Mag. Thomas Lammie.
They will not have a sat phone but hopefully might get a few messages to us.
16.) Graham
Hoyland and the BBC returns to Everest.
Check
their page on EverestNews.com.
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