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International
Mountain Guides (www.mountainguides.com)
Everest 2002 Expedition
Update
5/17/2002 short Update: Reliable sources on Everest
report to EverestNews.com, It appears Guy Cotter was
right, the weather has changed on Everest!!! The
women's team is having some problems. First Alison
Levy runs into somewhat serious problems after a
dose of dex, they get her moving and sent her down
with support. Next Lisa Rust has vision problems,
and is sent down with support. Jody Thompson then
has problems and heads down. Ben Marshall, out of
guides, calls it an expedition and heads down. If
all of that was not enough the weather has changed
and the winds are up, the clouds are moving in. Jake
Norton and a Sherpa have continued their attempt on the
Summit. Jake has not summited Everest
before.
Update
5/17/2002 short update: It is confirmed the
"women's" part of the IMG Expedition left
camp 4 last night around 10PM, rumor has it that as
many as 16 Sherpas were along for the ride. The last
news we received is that they were near the South
Summit of Everest. Peter Hillary was planning on attempting the
Summit tonight.
Update
5/17/2002: International
Mountain Guides Everest 2002 "Part
2"
Reliable
sources tell EverestNews.com, the
"women's" part of this expedition was at
Camp 4 last night. We do NOT have confirmation that
they left Camp 4 [that mean we don't know].
Lead by Eric
Simonson, Guides Dave Hahn, Jake Norton, Ben
Marshall, and Lisa Rust and 8 Sherpa climbers, along
with climbers Lynn Prebble (49, a physical
therapist from Colorado who has summited Cho
Oyu), Jody Thompson (38, a nurse from Colorado
has summited Rainer, Denali and a failed
attempt on Ama Dablam in 98), Kim Clark (34; a
third year nursing student at the University of
Colorado who has summited Denali), Alison
Levine (35, an investment banker for Goldman
Sacks) are expected to attempt the Summit.
The
wind picked up on the North yesterday, we will see
....
 Dispatches
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