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- Everest Spring 2000: Graham Hoyland
On Friday March 17th,
EverestNews.com had the pleasure of attending Graham Hoyland's Lecture "Unraveling
the Mystery of George Mallory" in the Baird Auditorium at the National Museum of
Natural History. The lecture was presented by the Smithsonian who were excellent hosts.
The lecture had to be moved to the Baird Auditorium to accommodate a larger audience.
Graham was his humble keen-witted, never self serving and always telling how good of a job
the others have done rather than taking any credit himself. Graham did talk about the BBC
role in providing over half the funds for last years Mallory and Irvine expedition.
Graham, the great nephew of
legendary climber Howard Somervell, showed the audience a combination of clips from the
BBC film and photos from his collection as he discussed his experiences on Everest over
the years, and retraced the steps of Mallory and Irvine. His story was a rare tale of
kinship, curiosity, and perseverance. Our favorite picture was of Graham at the Summit of
Everest with a wooden ice axe bearing his name.
Somervell and Graham were dear
friends and one-time climbing partners. They crossed paths on Everest in June 1924, as
Mallory and Irvine were making their ill fated attempt at the Summit of Everest. Somervell
lent Mallory his Kodak camera in hopes that Mallory and Irvine would succeed in obtaining
the Summit. Mallory and Irvine disappeared into the clouds above camp 6 never to be seen
alive again. Somervell's camera became a tantalizing clue to one of the enduring mysteries
on our age. Did Mallory or Irvine actually reach the Summit of Everest ?
Graham explained that as a young
boy he nurtured an obsession with ascending Everest and finding Somervell's camera, which
might still have retrievable images. Graham became a mountaineer and a BBC producer. Last
year he proposed to his girl friend while on Everest. They were married after he returned
from Everest after Graham got seriously ill while climbing.
After the presentation, Graham took
questions from the hundreds in attendance for over 30 minutes. Many questions were very
good, with the audience showing a good understanding of the events. After the lecture,
Graham signed books and discussed M&I theories, while some approached him with
theories and second hand information from different sources, Graham was once again his
patient and humble self.
After the lectures we went off into
the night of Washington D.C. with writer Wade Davis and friends. Graham, preparing for
Everest, never wore a coat!! We discussed various theories how from Mallory body could
have moved down the mountain to how one would study the death of Sergi's death in 1998 to
learn clues on M&I. Graham was the
listener, carefully thinking over the possibilities. We asked Graham, if there was any possibility that he would make a Summit
of attempt this year. Graham replied,
" I am just there for the search and only in the search. I have no interest in the
Summit." We believe him without a
doubt.
Graham would like all climbers on
the mountain to know that he has no problem with other searching. In fact he
encourages others to look without
risking life or limb. Graham will assist other expeditions on Everest this year that might
be looking, on where to look and what
to do. Graham will assist any climber, if possible, to help preserve whatever might be
found. He has made arrangements if the
camera is found to get a person from Kodak to the mountain. Graham fears that the camera
might be found, only to have the images destroyed because the camera is not handled
properly.
Graham will be on Russell Brice's
Expedition to Everest this time. Russell, the most experienced guide on Everest, has lead
nine expeditions to Everest. This will be his eighth to the North side of the mountain.
Mark Whetu, 2 time Everest Summiter, and guide for Russell, will help with the search and
film part of the search. Graham shared
his theories openly with us on where he
thinks Irvine would most likely be on Everest. We assume he will share this with other
climbers on Everest. Graham has been in
contact with the Spanish climbers attempting to duplicate Mallory & Irvine's ascent
of Everest (assuming they are looking
for better results for themselves). Graham
has provided them with information and looks forward to seeing them on Everest.
Graham expressed his desire that he
could be the 16th or 17th climber from the UK to reach the Summit of Everest rather than
the 15th. Graham Hoyland in a class act
our friends !
- Juan Oiarzabal, "To the Edge
of The Impossible"
Look for a detailed update soon.
EverestNews.com is working with our Spanish friends to bring You the news on this exciting
expedition.
- Everest Spring 2000: 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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read: CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE NOW AT UHURU PEAK, TANZANIA, 5895M. AMSL AFRICA'S HIGHEST
POINT WORLD'S HIGHEST FREE-STANDING MOUNTAIN ONE OF WORLD'S LARGEST VOLCANOES WELCOME
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Click on the his picture for a much
larger size...
Jeffrey does not have a web site,
but he hopes to check in with EverestNews.com with some reports from Everest. More on Jeffrey soon !
The first set of Andalucia climbers
are at Everest BC in Nepal, a full dispatch in Saturday's news.
Source: Andalucia Everest 2000
EverestNews.com will publish the
Andalucia reports in English. Their reports in Spanish, pictures, and more will be on the http://www.deporteandaluz.com/everest.htm
site.
- Projecte LaceNet: Featured
Expedition on EverestNews.com
First Dispatch: "On the 24th
of March, most of the mountaineers take a plane to go to Luckla, and two of them will take
an helicopter to go to Syangboche. It will take them 16 days to get to the Everest base
camp. On their approaching march, they will climb Island Peak (6189meters) and Lobuche
Peak (6145meters) as part of the acclimatization process. They hope that when arrive at
Everest base camp, they will be able to quickly install Camp II.
Well, this is all we now at the
moment. When receiving more news we'll let you know. Cheers!" Nica Dalmau Projecte
LaceNet
This is a Catalan Everest
Expedition: 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, they 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. They 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, they carried out the project
"Discover the Bages County", and in the second, they offered a "Virtual
trip to Antarctica", in which Argentinian schools participated. In the current school
year (99-00), they 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 Fundaciσ 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.
EverestNews.com will publish their
News in English. Their reports in Spanish & English, pictures, and more will be on the http://www.lacenet.org web site.
- Annapurna Spring 2000: Second Dispatch
EverestNews.com will follow the
attempt on Annapurna of a International Expedition: "International Annapurna 2000
Expedition"
Today the expedition started off
for Nepal, with the objectives : to reach the top of first the 8000 conquered, to manage
the construction of a health center and to search the mountain for a Catalan climber that
disappeared while climbing Annapurna earlier. Maurice Herzog & Louis Lachenal first
reached the Summit of Annapurna in 1950 .
Their web site: www.interofer.es/annapurna2000 with
reports in Spanish, Pictures and more ! A very nice site.
EverestNews.com has added a Spring 2000 Annapurna Page where EverestNews.com will report News
on this expedition and other Annapurna News.
- Everest Spring 2000: Byron Smith
moving up !
Just a brief entry from Byron
today, but we have received our first photos of the expedition. Check out the gallery at http://cbc.ca/everest2000/gallery/ to see
pictures of the trek so far.
Byron is at Namche Bazaar and
moving up....
For the rest Byron's news check:
http://cbc.ca/everest2000/
- Want to know more about operating
a sat phone ?
Check out the
MVS Page for operating a phone in Nepal.
EverestNews.com welcomes MVS
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.
Alan Hinkes
Q&A
EverestNews.com will feature full dispatches from Adventure
Consultants for Everest Spring 2000
Close
Does Not Count for Records
ALAN HINKES TARGETS THIRD HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD,
KANGCHENJUNGA AS TWELFTH MOUNTAIN ON HIS CHALLENGE TO ACHIEVE BRITISH RECORD
EverestNews.com will feature full dispatches from Jagged Globe for
Everest Spring 2000
Spanish
Climber to attempt the Messner route on Everest
Change of Guard at the Khumbu Ice Fall
Graham
Hoyland and the BBC returns to Everest in Spring 2000 insearch of the camera and Irvine.
Climbers
headed to Everest Base Camp
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