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Adventure ConsultantsMakalu
2001 Expedition
Expedition
Leader: Guy Cotter - New Zealand
Team
members:
Robert
Stevens - USA
Jean-Claude Latombe - USA / France
Keith Kerr - UK / Hong Kong
Jim Milne - USA / NZ
Bruce Hasler - New Zealand
Mark Williams - NZ/ UK
Bryan
Moore - New Zealand
and
Takashi Ozaki - Japan / Hong Kong
Dispatch
One: Tuesday 3 April 2001 - The Adventure Consultants
Makalu Expedition 2001 has begun!
After
flying into Tumlingtar on April 1 and staying the
night there, the expedition began in earnest. We
loaded our 45 porters with all our trekking equipment and
set out for Mane Bendre. The clouds lifted from the
mountains to reveal spectacular views of the great
Himalayan chain from Mera Peak to Makalu. Obviously a
lot of snow has fallen up high of late and the
mountains are quite plastered. We set up camp for the
first night after a four hour trek. The climate is
very temperate, getting to 35 o C during the day and
warm and balmy overnight.
A
6.00 am wake up with tea started the day followed by a
hearty breakfast. After breaking camp we trekked
through terraced fields (of rice and wheat) to arrive
at Chicela, a village perched high on a ridge at 1860
meters with promising views of Makalu, when the clouds
around the mountain clears.
Snow
in the Kingdom : My Storm Years on Everest by
Ed Webster, Peter Williams (Editor),
(Illustrator) This item will be published in
November 2000. You may order it now and we will
ship it to you when it arrives.
