Makalu
2002 Piotr
Pustelnik
Makalu
2002 Dispatch One April 5th, 2002
Makalu
2002 Dispatch Two April 7th, 2002
Some
news from Makalu 2002 expedition
Update
4/17/2002: Makalu 2002 Second Progress Report from
American RD Caughron: Armed
Maoists demand money from the Makalu teams.
The
bad weather is preventing mountaineers from reaching
Makalu La so far; climbers are still attempting to fix
the couloir leading to the pass.
Update
5/6/2002: "On the 4th of May the team:
Piotr Pustelnik, Rysiek Pawlowski, Darek Zaluski and
Martin Gablik found Camp II on Makalu La. There's a
2 Polish tents and some tents of Swiss - Italy
expedition. Some of the members of this expedition
tried to reach Makalu summit directly from Makalu
La, Unsuccessfully... They lost the way and had to
go back! Click here
for the full dispatch.
Update
5/14/2002: "On 12th May the first group: Piotr
Pustelnik,
Ryszard Pawlowski - Poland, Darek Zaluski and
Martin Gablik started to climb to camp I and reached
camp 1 the same day. Click
here for the full dispatch.
Update
5/16/2002: Today, at 13.30 Nepal time, Piotr Pustelnik
reached Makalu summit!
Update
5/22/2002: They are going back, to Kathmandu.
Piotr Pustelnik, Martin Gablik and Gonzalo Velez all
reached the Summit...
The
Summit report from Nepal
Pictures from Makalu 2002
Pictures from Makalu 2002
RD and more...
The Summit report Makalu 2002 International Team
by Gonçalo Velez
21.06.02
RD Caughron, the pictures
from Makalu 2002
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