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Gheorghe
(aka George) Dijmarescu: Everest 2002
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Note
George does not have his own sat phone, and we
just received this very old update, but we found
it interesting...
Dear
EverestNews.com, To all: Today, exactly in a few
hours I will depart ABC for a 4 days trip to the
top of the world and back again here in ABC. This
is my fifth attempt at Everest and I hope I will
succeed. I planed to summit on the early hours of
May 17th. The weather report from a Swiss team,
the most reliable so far indicate that 16 and 17
May is a window of good weather, opportunity which
I don't want to lose. On May 16 part of the large
Swiss group will go for the summit and in the way
will fix the ropes on the "yellow band"
up to the NE Ridge. I feel confident and in the
same time strong thank to the superb job my cook
Maila Magar has done to keep us healthy. I am glad
to have him with me for the 4th time. I believe
many of the climbers will take advantage of this
window and will move up closer to the summit, if
that's the case perhaps more than 100 climbers
will summit on May 16-17. The North Col look like
"market" as a Sherpa friend put it,
crowded with climbers just like a small village
ready to move upwards. This mountain is still a
magnet. It is snowing now but snow is nothing bad
at all. My next report will be on May 19th.
Wishing you all best. Regards George
Dijmarescu
[He
is going for his 4th Summit of Everest.]
 Dispatches
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