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Gheorghe
(aka George) Dijmarescu: Everest 2002
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Dear
EverestNews.com, Today
May 11 it is windy here in ABC most of the Korean
Sherpas made their way to BC, we were hoping they
would attempt the summit on May 14 (as they said)
but they abandoned it since the wind here is
relentless and pathetic. Yesterday Mingma Sherpa,
one of the Sherpas from International Expedition
returned from camp 2 and reported at least 4 North
Face tents and "a typical Russian tent"
totally destroyed. Today, it is a question of how
many tents are still standing in camp 2. As far as
I am concerned my tent is just deposited and not
pitched, sometime experience does pay of! Last
night a loud explosion was heard and I was
thinking like many others that an avalanche has
cracked somewhere, this morning another one so
loud that it made me run out of my 7AM sleeping
bag. Later some of my Sherpa friends explained
that the explosion was nothing but a Oxygen bottle
who ran lose from a broken tent and by rolling has
struck a rock and the big bang. This was something
new for me but I'm sure there are so many new
other things awaiting here in the big mountain.
Only a few Sherpa has gone to camp 3 so far, now
even they need the time to rest. I wish I had the
time and space to praise this brave people who
really are the ones who "fix" the
mountains, especially here on Everest. This is my
5th expedition here and I am so glad to meet old
Sherpa friends, smiling like always and with open
hearts. My group made of: 2 Germans, 2 Holland, 1
Spain, 1 Swiss and 2 Italians due to arrive from
Cho Oyu. I will not mention names, what I can say
is that only the Dutch and I don't have Sherpa
support. Our telephone was broken in the past 3
weeks and we were unable to sent regular messages
to you. Since no of us has an accurate weather
forecast so far will be impossible to predict when
I will make my first bid for the summit. I will
like to try early, since will give me another
opportunity if weather turn out to be unfavorable
for a summit push. I will keep you updated, now
that we have tools of communication.
Best wishes to all fans of mountaineering and good
luck to the US Soccer
team at the World Cup. Regards George Dijmarescu
here in ABC
[He
is going for his 4th Summit of Everest.]
 Dispatches
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