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Gheorghe
(aka George) Dijmarescu: Everest 2002
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Dear
friends and readers of EverestNews.com, (May 7, 2002)
Unfortunately
I don't have much to report for now, I was in Base
Camp for 5 days rest and tomorrow I will go back up to
ABC for the rest of this expedition. This is my 5th
attempt at Everest and I hope will be a successful
one, so far I feel strong and most importantly
confident that my experience and physical ability will
carry me to the top of "the world" again. It
is always nice to meet familiar faces and logically
the more times you go to Everest the more familiar
faces you encounter. A couple of days ago I met again
a fellow climber who returned here for the 6th time in
hope to step on the top of the higher place on Earth.
There are so many others who I know from my previous
expeditions making this place a familiar one. Like all
previous expeditions this one didn't go as smooth as
every reasonable climber wishes. This time as usual we
couldn't get what we paid for and I am referring to
our transportation from Base Camp to Advance Base
Camp, a trip of 20Km or so when we have to move all
our belongings with the help of Yaks. A couple of
years ago these animals carried 75Kg then last year
the load was dropped to 50Kg per Yak and this year we
or I should say I had to pay $200.00 more because our
yaks can only carry 40Kg. Since I'm not a specialist
in bovine in fact I am a animal lover of any kind, I
can only say that my expedition provider whom I paid
what they ask for. Perhaps in this way Asian Trekking
of Nepal will once and for all learn that they should
nor create problems year after year, we felt cheated
and I think our only problem should be Everest. Well
this is one of the problem we faced so far not to
mention that our food had frozen along with a Chinese
truck on the top of a big hill 3 hours away from Base
Camp. I'm sure everyone know how tasteful are frozen
vegetables and we suppose to take up to 5000 cal a
day, well a wishful thinking. It is a challenge to
stay healthy and fit without proper food especially at
high altitude.
I
will report later and I hope the news will be more
positive.
Wishing
you all best, Regards George Dijmarescu
[He
is going for his 4th Summit of Everest.]
 Dispatches
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