January 2002 News, Expedition Coverage and Notes

January Headlines Archive Note Jan 1-31 order

01/01 Happy New Year !

01/02 Dispatch#11 December 29th, 2001.  Aconcagua Base Camp, Argentina. Aconcagua group I led by Willi Prittie and Eric Remza.  This group is up at Camp III at 19,200 feet... Click here for the full Dispatch

01/02 Daniel Mazur

01/02 Attempting the line that killed Jerzy Kukuczka

01/02 Pakistan 2002 Peace Climb: The Everest Peace Mountaineers will go to Pakistan this summer to climb as a symbol to the world that “we all can get along”.

01/02 Ropes: The Climber's Insurance Policy

01/02 Winter cybercast of Aconcagua: December 29th is rest and acclimation day for the folks at Camp III and they have a running chess tournament going on all the way up the mountain...

01/03 South Face of Lhotse failed again in winter Updated

01/03 Nepal News: Press Release from Nepal Tourism Board 01/01/02

01/03 Willi and the group going to the summit.... Click here

01/03 Jay Sieger plans Kangchenjunga followed by K2 in 2002.

01/04 A sad breaking story on Ehardt Loretan

01/04 Seven Summits Updated

01/04 Kangchenjunga 2002

01/04 Everest Speakers Updated 

01/04 K2 2002

01/04 All eyes are focused on Nepal because of the SAARC Summit

01/04 Winter cybercast of Aconcagua: I'm sure that is the highest most of the people in the group have ever been before

01/05 Guiding all 7 Summits in 2002

01/05 Vinson 2002 begins

01/05 Winter cybercast of Aconcagua: no one has climbed the Direct Route probably since late November, or the first week in December at the very very latest.

01/05 Vinson Gallery

01/05 A Sense of Adventure

01/07 Vinson 2002: Our Kazakhstan (Russian) team members have challenged the rest of us to join them at 6:30am to train. Yarvand (Eric) is a highly regarded Soviet climbing coach so this should be very interesting.

01/07 EverestHistory.com: 1900-1925

01/07 Grays on Trays

01/07 Hello from Argentina, this is Willi Prittie reporting for the first Alpine Ascents International expedition of the 2002 Season. We had a somewhat eventful walk out...

01/07 Erik Weihenmayer’s book, TOUCH THE TOP OF THE WORLD

01/08 Alan Hinkes

01/08 Winter cybercast of Aconcagua

01/08 Lectures/Shows: A rare chance to hear George Dijmarescu and meet Lakpa Sherpa in person. Two of the very best Everest climbers today!

01/08 Vinson: Punta Arenas, Chile. Holla amigos y familias. Many of the climbers have told friends and family that we would be flying to Antarctica in a C 130 Hercules aircraft.

01/08 A Noncamper Conquers Canyonlands

01/08 Kilimanjaro 2002!

01/08 Nepal News: Press Release from Nepal Tourism Board

01/09 EverestHistory.com: The Youngest to Summit Everest is ... 

01/09 Winter cybercast of Aconcagua: "Totally Stoked Vern Tejas"

01/09 Get Your Gear In Gear

01/09 EverestHistory.com: Lene Gammelgaard

01/09 Everest Speakers Updated 

01/10 Hello this is Vern Tejas for Alpine Ascents, this is the Vinson trip reporting.

01/10 Chris Brown has now completed both versions of the 7 Summits

01/10 Ginette Harrison; one of the best ever

01/10 Winter cybercast of Aconcagua: we left off with them they were up at Camp III, at 19,200 feet, hunkered down in a blizzard...

01/10 Great Gear Gifts

01/10 Kangchenjunga 2003

01/11 A very special report: Everest West Ridge and Traverse

01/11 Vinson 2002: Dispatch #6 January 9, 2002.  Patriot Hills, Antarctica. This is Neil McCarthy calling from Patriot Hills. 

01/11 Great Gear Gifts

01/11 This is Matt Szundy and Allen Carbert- Alpine Ascents' Team 3 guides touching base from the launching town for Aconcagua in Argentina...

01/11 EverestHistory.com: Christine Feld-Boskoff

01/12 EverestHistory.com: Australians on Everest

01/12 EverestNews.com Readers Guide

01/12 Vinson 2002: Dispatch #6 January 9, 2002.  Patriot Hills,

01/12 Swiss Shishapangma/Cho Oyu Autumn 2001 Enjoy !

01/12 Kilimanjaro 2002: Hello this is Jim Williams, with Alpine Ascents in Arusha, Tanzania....

01/12 Holiday Gift Guide

01/14 EverestHistory.com: Firsts Updates continue

01/14 Dispatch #2 January 11th, 2002.  Machame Camp, Tanzania Hello folks this is Jim Williams and crew on Kilimanjaro

01/14 National Trails Day

01/14 Alpine Ascents 2002 Aconcagua Group 3

01/14 Press Release from Nepal Tourism Board SAARC- Historic Opportunity

01/14 Camp I, Mt. Vinson, Antarctica. Hi everyone this is Neil McCarthy calling from Mt. Vinson, we have reached Camp I.  We had a beautiful day

01/15 Everest 2002 by EverestNews.com

01/15 Vern Tejas: Hello friends and family and loved ones, this is the Alpine Ascents Mt. Vinson group.  We're at 10,000 feet at Camp II.

01/15 Hello everybody this is ac with Alpine Ascents Group III expedition on Aconcagua.

01/15 Tracks in Paradise

01/15 Kilimanjaro 2002! 3 New dispatches ending with very serious pulmonary edema.

01/16 Mt. Spantik Expedition and History

01/16 EverestHistory.com: 1925-1950

01/16 Karanga Camp, Tanzania Hello, this is Jim Williams on Kilimanjaro, we are here at Karanga Camp...

01/16 This Is Skiing

01/16 Camp II, Mt. Vinson, Antarctica. Hello this is Vern Tejas for Alpine Ascents Mt. Vinson trip.  Yesterday was full of excitement...

01/16 K2 2002 Expedition Updated

01/17 Lectures/Shows: A rare chance to hear George Dijmarescu and meet Lakpa Sherpa in person. Two of the very best Everest climbers today!

01/17 Austria I. Ehrwalder GII expedition 2002

01/17 Winter Broad Peak 2002 Expedition

01/17 Cosolo Camp, Tanzania Hello, this is Jim Williams on Kilimanjaro, it's about 11:30 at night and we're on our way getting up and getting moving...

01/17 Swiss/Italian Gasherbrum 4 Expedition 2002 Updated

01/17 Aconcagua Base Camp, Argentina. Team Canusa Hi cybercasters, this is Matt Szundy and Allen Carbert reporting from Base Camp on Aconcagua.

01/17 Everest 2002 Teams coming real soon !

01/18 Summit of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Hey this is the Kilimanjaro group standing on top of Africa!

01/18 This is Vern Tejas with the Alpine Ascents Vinson summit team.  We're standing on the top of the bottom of the world!! 

01/18 Snowboard Packages

01/18 In spring 2002 Ben Saunders, aged 24 will set out solo, unsupported and on foot from Russia. Worth your read...

01/18 Austria Bergspechte Changi 2002 Expedition

01/18 Erik Weihenmayer’s book, TOUCH THE TOP OF THE WORLD

01/18 EverestHistory.com: Merab Khabazi

01/18 Aconcagua Base Camp, Argentina. Team Canusa Hello friends family and followers of the Canusa expedition...

01/19 This is Willi Prittie reporting from Argentina, hello to everybody out there checking on the internet for Team IV of the season.  Looks like we have a very, very strong and also experienced team...

01/19 Pakistan Peak Fee Reduced for 2002 !

01/19 The Teacher

01/19 Daniel Mazur

01/19 Arusha, Tanzania Hello, this is Jim Williams, and his crew off of Kilimanjaro.

01/19 Alan Hinkes Aconcagua Jagged Globe Winter 2002

01/19 Aconcagua Base Camp, Argentina. Team Canusa Hi this is Ellie Henke calling in for Allen Carbert and Matt Szundy's Canusa group and the word for today is Snow...

01/21 Wilderness Leadership Mountain Course 25 and over mountaineering

01/21 Gary Guller plans to go to Mongolia in 2002 and let Everest wait a Year until 2003.

01/21 Penitentes, Argentina. Team IV Hello everybody out there, this is Willi Prittie reporting from Penitentes Argentina.

01/21 Romanian Carpatica K2 2002 Expedition Updated

01/21 Tips, Tricks and Truths

01/21 No oxygen bottles left at Camp 4 of Everest ?

01/22 EverestHistory.com: The women Summiters on Everest

01/22 Hi this is Neil McCarthy calling from Vinson Base Camp.

01/22 Mr Park Goes to the North Pole

01/22 Winter cybercast of Aconcagua: game of high altitude chess

01/22 Moving Mountains Reinhold Messner

01/22 Dispatch #10 Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

01/22 Going Outside with Old Man Winter

01/23 K2 2002 Expeditions Update

01/23 Preparing for that First Lead 

01/23 Vinson Base Camp, Antarctica. Vernon Tejas for Alpine Ascents.. (heading to Everest soon !)

01/23 Tarangire, Tanzania On a beautiful morning, at 6:00 in the morning, here in Tarangire National Park.

01/23 Slovenian History - in the making

01/23 Aconcagua Base Camp, Argentina. We've had a little excitement here in Base Camp... 

01/24 Alpine Ascents International Everest Spring 2002 Expedition

01/24 Arusha, Tanzania Hello, this is the Kilimanjaro Expedition

01/24 Trail Mixing

01/24 Aconcagua Base Camp, Argentina. Team IV Hello everyone out there, this is Willi reporting from Aconcagua Base Camp for the Alpine Ascents #4 Aconcagua Team of the season.

01/24 Hello this is Vern Tejas with Alpine Ascents' Mt. Vinson expedition and finally the fog has lifted and the sun came out and the plane came out as well.

01/24 Saxon Karakorum Expedition for great pictures from last year..

01/25 SkiEverest.com: The First-Ever Ski Mountaineering World Championship Coverage all weekend on SkiEverest.com

01/25 Paul F. Giorgio, who reached the Summit of Everest the last two years will be back on Everest again !

01/25 The Lewis and Clark Trail

01/25 Press Release from Nepal Tourism Board  01/20/02

01/25 Aconcagua Base Camp, Argentina. Team IV Once again hello, from Aconcagua Base Camp this is Willi Prittie reporting for Eric Remza and the Alpine Ascents Team IV on the mountain.

01/25 David Lim: ASCENT 8000

01/25 Vinson: Live Adventurously, Vern Tejas

01/26 The best of the best Mountaineers today

01/26 Dan Mazur's Kangchenjunga Spring 2002

01/26 SkiEverest.com: The First-Ever Ski Mountaineering World Championship Coverage all weekend on SkiEverest.com

01/26 Aconcagua Base Camp, Argentina. Hi this is Ellie Henke calling from Aconcagua Base Camp calling in we heard from Allen and Matt. Their team has just moved up to Camp IV...

01/26 A Sense of Adventure

01/26 Press Release from Nepal Tourism Board  01/24/02

01/28 Gavin Bate Everest 2002

01/28 Climbing 101: A Glossary of Ascent 

01/28 Babu Chiri Sherpa's Company 1/25/02

01/28 Aconcagua Base Camp, Argentina. Team Canusa  Hi this is Ellie Henke calling from Aconcagua Base Camp.  I just received a radio call from Lhakpa and Allen calling from the Aconcagua summit..

01/29 Spanish Hushe Treks Nanga Parbat 2002 Expedition

01/29 Aconcagua Base Camp, Argentina. Team Canusa Hi this is Ellie calling from Aconcagua Base Camp with a brief message

01/29 Tracks in Paradise

01/29 IMG Everest's South Side in Spring 2002

01/29 Austria GII 2002 Expedition Updated

01/29 Japan Spantik 2002 Expedition Updated

01/30 Gheorghe (aka George) Dijmarescu: Everest 2002

01/30 Austria Bergspechte Changi 2002 Expedition Updated

01/30 Aconcagua Base Camp, Argentina. Team IV Hi this is Ellie calling in for Aconcagua Team IV, led by Willi Prittie and Eric Remza.

01/30 The list of Everest Teams for 2002 grows

01/30 Top 10 Things to Tell a Beginner

01/30 The record for the oldest person to complete the Seven Summits with Kosciusko is broken twice in one day!

01/31 Winter cybercast of Aconcagua: 3 new dispatches

01/31 The First-Ever Ski Mountaineering World Championship  with all the results, routes and more!

01/31 EverestHistory.com: Evelyne Binsack

01/31 Backclip What?

01/31 The First-Ever Ski Mountaineering World Championship picture show

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