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K2
2001: Qgir - K2 Himalaya 8000
expedition 2001
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Qgir - K2
Himalaya 8000
expedition 2001 |
Himalaya
8000 - About the company
History:
The history of our company already spans 9 years.
Allow me to describe in a few sentences how Himalaya
8000 was founded.
In
1990 we left for Kaukasus with Bouda (Ludek Ondrej)
and other friends from Jicin (located in famous area
called Bohemian paradise) Climbing club. After an
interesting trip to Ullu-tau and Usba (Kaukasus), then
Bouda continued to Pamir. The trip to Pamir was
organized by Pepa Kubicek with participation of some
Spanish climbers and a couple of friends. They planned
to climb Korzenevskaja (7130 m), but their attempt
was unsuccessful. Next year Pepa Kubicek planed
another trip to Pamir. Bouda asked Skrivan (Petr
Skrivanek) and I if we wanted to join them. The goal
was to climb Korzenevskaja. This time we were
successful and Bouda, Skrivan and the others reached
the summit. In 1992 Pepa and Bouda put together
another expedition to Pamir. This time they aimed for
Peak Komunismus. Tadzikistan was in turmoil, so the
boys had only three weeks available and so they
"only" repeated the climb of Korzenevskaja.
When
Bouda returned he got to know Jarda Siran well. Jarda
has a good network of contacts in Nepal. Thus the idea
to organize an expedition to Himalayas was born, so
sometime in December 1992, we got together at Bouda's
house and founded our company. Mirek Novotny was also
present, who in 1979 with the First Krkonosska
Expedition was the first in the world to reach north
Manaslu. As I remember he was the first one to put
down 1000 Czech Crowns to found a corporate account.
We agreed to organize a expedition to Cho Oyu (8201m). We had a hard time with coming up with a name for
our new company and even now I am not sure who came up
with it, but we settled on Himalaya 8000. We founded
our company and in the end Mirek Novotny was not
participating. Even though the company didn't have
much money, we established an account and started to
prepare for Expedition Cho-Oyu. Deadline was clear,
Fall 1993.
Business
activities:
The company was founded under interesting conditions
and it exists as it is till today. These next pages
will introduce you to the expeditions that we
organized from the past up to today, and our other
activities in area of outdoor equipment. At present,
we have a wide range of business activities. We
represent several companies from around the world in
the Czech market that produce outdoor equipment,
clothing and footwear, including: North Cape
(Outdoor gear from Scotland), Trezeta
(Italians trekking and mountaineering boots), Reiter
(Germans famous instant food), Silvretta (skialpine bindings from Germany) and
Sorel (Canadians
winter boots).
The
other division of our company called RAM, is
responsible for PR services, obtaining marketing
rights, and other marketing activities connected with
climbing and outdoor sports.
It is
not easy to put together a Himalayan expedition. It
takes a lot of bureaucracy just to get to the BC. I
would say that after several expeditions we have
become quite skilled at navigating through all of the
bureaucracy and red tape.
An excellent
AGENT we found in Sirdar Lhakpa Dorjee Sherpa, and
service in Nepal Trans Himalayan Explorer (P.) Ltd,
directed by Mr. Pasang Dawa Sherpa.
All
expeditions were conducted without using artificial
oxygen.
K2
(8612 m), Summer 2001, Variant Abruzzi's Pillar:
Current Expedition Kangchenjunga
(8586m), Fall 2000, South-West Route
Lhotse
(8516m), Spring 1999, West Ridge:
Sona Vomackova was only the second woman to reach that
summit and the first woman in history to do so without
using artificial oxygen.
Makalu
(8463m), Spring 1998, North Ridge Manaslu
(8163m), Fall 1996, South-East Ridge Shishapangma
(8047m), Fall 1995, North Ridge Dhaulagiri
(8167m) , Fall 1994, North Pillar
Cho
Oyu (8201m), Fall 1993, West Face:
Duration of this expedition was approximately two
months. Summit was reached only by Carlos Pitarch on
October 8th, 1993 in the afternoon.
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