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Daily News: 3/11/2000 Report

• Everest Spring 2000: Featured Expedition

EverestNews.com is featuring Byron Smith and his expedition as one of our "featured" expeditions this Spring.

The CBC web site has an interview with Denis Brown. Denis was a member of an commercial expedition to Everest in 1999 in which a member died during one of the storms last year. Brown expresses some of his opinions on his experience and the risks involved with commercial expeditions.

Check him out at Byron Smith www.cbc.ca/everest2000.

EverestNews.com Editorial Comment: We should point out that few climbers on Everest in 2000 will be on commercial expeditions of this type. It is true that some of these commercial expeditions sell their dispatches to commercial web sites and therefore appear like they are "typical or the norm" to some people. However, for better or worst, commercial expeditions on Everest are not the typical expeditions on Everest, they are the minority by far.

• Everest Spring 2000: Featured Expedition

Saeed Toossi  has an license plate that reads IWTCME,

which means "I Want To Climb Mount Everest".

http://www.everestdream.com/

Saeed is a young climber with some experience attempting Everest with little support. EverestNews.com will follow him as he lives out his dream of climbing Everest.

• Released:

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The Video Page has been updated with new offerings...

New featured Books

• 'Everest : A Mountaineering History'  by Walt Unsworth  Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours. Hardcover - 736 pages Reprint edition (February 15, 2000) Mountaineers Books;
• Stories Off the Wall; John Roskelley
• Life and Death on Mt. Everest : Sherpas and Himalayan Mountaineering; Sherry B. Ortner
• High Exposure : An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places; David F. Breashears, Jon Krakauer
• Lou Whittaker : Memoirs of a Mountain Guide; Lou Whittaker, Andrea Gabbard (Contributor)
• A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond by Jim Whittaker, Tom Hornbein (Introduction), Edward Kennedy (Foreword), John Glenn (Foreword)   Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.

Daily News: 3/10/2000 Report

• Everest Spring 2000:

Spanish 2000 Everest Expedition to the Third Pole

A group of experienced climbers will attempt Everest on the North Side via the Messner route without oxygen. In a year when several different expeditions has interesting plans, this Spanish Expedition takes on a tough climb.

Climbers include: Migel Angel Vidal Gonzalez, Jose Luis Anton Ortega, and Angel Sanchez Calderon.

• Everest Spring 2000:

Snow "up high" on Everest reported as light from those trekking in the region.

Some oxygen supplies delayed.

Climbers to arrive at BC on the South Side !

Climbers to arrive at BC on the North Side.

Expect Early Summit Attempts, if conditions are good.

• EverestNews.com and MVS

EverestNews.com welcomes MVS has our newest sponsor. MVS has agreed to let EverestNews.com readers buy MVS phone and equipment at the dealer cost !

See the MVS Page.

• Released:

Lost on Everest ~ VHS ~ Usually ships in 24 hours

New featured Books

• 'Everest : A Mountaineering History'  by Walt Unsworth  Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours. Hardcover - 736 pages Reprint edition (February 15, 2000) Mountaineers Books;
• Stories Off the Wall; John Roskelley
• Life and Death on Mt. Everest : Sherpas and Himalayan Mountaineering; Sherry B. Ortner
• High Exposure : An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places; David F. Breashears, Jon Krakauer
• Lou Whittaker : Memoirs of a Mountain Guide; Lou Whittaker, Andrea Gabbard (Contributor)
• A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond by Jim Whittaker, Tom Hornbein (Introduction), Edward Kennedy (Foreword), John Glenn (Foreword)   Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.

Daily News: 3/9/2000 Report

• Everest Spring 2000:

An Expedition from India will once again attempt the North Side of Everest. Several members of this expedition were members of the successful 1998 India expedition. Climbers are: 1) Zuzer Rangwala (Leader) 2) Vijaya Gadre 3) Lovraj Dharmshaktu (Summit 98) 4) Koyaluram Thakur 5) Ravindra Wadaskar 6) Narendra Shelar 7) Lopsang Sherpa (Summit ) 8) Rahul Dandavate.

The Mission of the Expedition as stated : A tribute to all geological, geographical and environmental crusades; A salutation to the surveyors of 1800's; Pollution ( Eco-drive ) check drive all over India; An endeavor of a team to cross boundaries they have yet to see.

Goals include creating a pollution map of the Nation. One climber will attempt to spend the entire night on the summit of Everest. At least one climber will attempt the summit without the aid of artificial oxygen. The team's goal is 4 Summits of Everest.

Source: Dilip Lagu

Check them out: http://www.indiaeverest2000.com/home.htm

• Everest Spring 2000: Featured Expedition

EverestNews.com is featuring Byron and his expedition as one of our "featured" expeditions this Spring.

With a week to takeoff, the Everest 2000 team is beginning to assemble in  Alberta. Read brief biographies on http://cbc.ca/everest2000/overview/team.html

Check him out at Byron Smith www.cbc.ca/everest2000.

• Insider News has started. We hope it will take a huge step from 1999. Have You JOINED YET ?? Join EverestNews.com Insider News today .
• The Staff has been working hard preparing for Everest 2000. One additional change You will soon see is "Featured Expeditions". EverestNews.com has decided that while we want to cover ALL expeditions, and EverestNews.com will attempt to cover ALL expeditions in the News, it is only fair that we highlight and bring attention to those that are providing EverestNews.com with the News. Therefore: "Featured Expeditions".

• A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond by Jim Whittaker, Tom Hornbein (Introduction), Edward Kennedy (Foreword), John Glenn (Foreword) Hardcover - 272 pages 1 Ed edition (September 1999) Mountaineers Books;

• 'Everest : A Mountaineering History'  by Walt Unsworth Hardcover - 736 pages Reprint edition (January 1, 2000) Mountaineers Books; Everest : Expedition to the Ultimate by Reinhold Messner, Audrey Salkeld (Translator)  Paperback - 288 pages (June 1999)  Mountaineers Books;

• Graham Hoyland's New novel is available For Sale in manuscript digital form on www.k2news.com Available Now.

• Last Climb: The Legendary Everest Expeditions of George Mallory  by David Breashears, Audrey Salkeld  Hardcover 240 pages (October 1999)  National Geographic Society;

• Ghosts of Everest; The Search for Mallory & Irvine  by Jochen Hemmleb, Eric Simonson, Larry Johnson   Hardcover - 208 pages (October 1999)  The Mountaineers Books;  Price reduced !

Daily News: 3/8/2000 Report

• Everest Spring 2000: The Icefall appears to change hands.

KHUMBU ICE FALL UNDER SPCC (SAGARMATHA POLLUTION CONTROL COMMITTEE)

Nepal's Ministry of Tourism has entrusted the job of fixing the Khumbu Ice Fall for Climbing Expeditions to SPCC (Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee) effective from this Spring Season. The Ice Fall fixing job in the past used to be done by Scotland's Leading Mountaineer Entrepreneur, Mr. Henry B. Todd.

While there has been proposal from NMA (Nepal Mountaineering Association) also to take the responsibility of making / maintaining Khumbu Ice Fall for Climbing Expeditions, Government has however, entrusted the job to SPCC from this year.

Government officials maintain that they have given the Ice Fall fixing job to SPCC for this season on trial basis. After examining their work and assessing the reports from Mountaineering Teams, they will decide who could be the best Party to do this Ice Fall job: SPCC or NMA.

Nepal Mountaineering Association is keen to do Ice Fall job as they are the National Mountaineering Body of the country. They are thinking of charging a reasonable per person fee to the Mountaineering Teams   crossing the Khumbu Ice Fall to climb Everest & Lhotse from South Side and channalize the savings generated to NMA's other Environmental Projects and Training Activities.

Reported by Binita & Sangita at HIMALAYA Center - Kathmandu / Nepal. 

Please Note: With Henry Todd and the icefall it is never done until it is done. Meaning others have attempted to take control of the icefall from Henry Todd before, but Henry gains control back. We will see what happens this time. Don't count Henry out until the count of 12.

• Everest Spring 2000: Featured Expedition

EverestNews.com is featuring Byron and his expedition as one of our "featured" expeditions this Spring.

The Everest 2000 team is making final tests of expedition equipment. See new video of the communications gear at www.newsworld.cbc.ca/everest2000/dailydispatch

Check him out at Byron Smith www.cbc.ca/everest2000.

• A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond by Jim Whittaker, Tom Hornbein (Introduction), Edward Kennedy (Foreword), John Glenn (Foreword) Hardcover - 272 pages 1 Ed edition (September 1999) Mountaineers Books;

• 'Everest : A Mountaineering History'  by Walt Unsworth Hardcover - 736 pages Reprint edition (January 1, 2000) Mountaineers Books; Everest : Expedition to the Ultimate by Reinhold Messner, Audrey Salkeld (Translator)  Paperback - 288 pages (June 1999)  Mountaineers Books;

• Graham Hoyland's New novel is available For Sale in manuscript digital form on www.k2news.com Available Now.

• Last Climb: The Legendary Everest Expeditions of George Mallory  by David Breashears, Audrey Salkeld  (October 1999)  National Geographic Society;

• Ghosts of Everest; The Search for Mallory & Irvine  by Jochen Hemmleb, Eric Simonson, Larry Johnson   Hardcover - 208 pages (October 1999)  The Mountaineers Books;  Price reduced !

Daily News: 3/7/2000 Report

• Everest Spring 2000: More Details

The Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation has granted permission to 30 teams for carrying out mountaineering expeditions for 12 different mountains form 11 different countries of the world in the Spring season (March 1^st to May 31^st) 2000. Twelve mountaineering teams have been given permission to climb Sagarmatha from South East Ridge route and two teams from South Pillar route.

Similarly the Ministry has given climbing permission to 4 teams to Mt. Amadablam (6812m), two team each to Mt. Annapurna I (8091m), and Mt. Pumori (7161m), one team each to Mt. Baruntse (7129m), Mt. Chamlang (7319m.), Mt. Ganesh II (7111m), Kumbhakarna (7710m), Mt. Manaslu (8163m.), Mt. Lhotse (8156m), Mt. Makalu I (8463m) & Mt. Tilicho (7134m)

Source: Himalaya Centre, Kathmandu

NOTE: There is not a complete list of Expeditions. Just the list to date that has paid for their permits. Their will be more. EverestNews.com current count for the Everest South Side is 20.

• Everest Spring 2000:

Everest 2000 expedition leader Byron Smith and his all-Canadian team of climbers are attempting to be the first to summit Mount Everest in the year 2000 and to broadcast the most comprehensive television coverage ever from the top of the world. As they tackle the world's ultimate challenge, Canadian viewers can monitor every step of the Everest 2000 expedition, every day, LIVE exclusively on CBC Newsworld and online at www.newsworld.cbc.ca.

EverestNews.co is featuring Byron and his expedition as one of our "featured" expeditions this Spring.

Starting March 20, Smith's Everest 2000 reports air eight times a day on CBC Newsworld. Two of the daily reports are live (M-F at 7:20 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. ET, Sat-Sun at 8:05 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. ET). The 7:20 a.m. ET report also airs in local time on the main CBC network during CBC Morning.

Everest 2000 broadcast schedule Monday, March 20 - Wednesday, May 31: M-F: 7:20 a.m. (live), 8 a.m., 12:15 p.m. (live), 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m.,  5:50 p.m., 7:50 p.m., 11:50 p.m. Sat: 8:05 a.m. (live), 11:05 a.m., 12:15 p.m. (live), 2:05 p.m., 4:05 p.m., 5:05 p.m., 7:05 p.m., 8:05 p.m. Sun: 1:05 a.m., 8:05 a.m. (live), 12:15 p.m. (live), 1:05 p.m., 2:05 p.m., 4:05 p.m., 5:15 p.m., 10:05 p.m. * All times Eastern*

Byron Smith is an experienced climber from Vulcan, Alberta, who has climbed extensively in the Western Hemisphere. In 1998, as an independent climber on a British expedition, Smith reached the South Summit of Everest (45 minutes from the peak) before having to turn back. Climbing with Smith are climbers/cameramen Tim Rippel, from Nelson, BC and Brad Wrobleski from Canmore, AB. They will be climbing with a seasoned team of 12 high altitude Sherpa guides. The all-Canadian Everest 2000 team also includes communication coordinators John and Ann Armstrong from Penticton, BC, education program expert Dr. Dave Irvine-Halliday, documentary producer George Gallant from Lethbridge, AB and physician Virginia Robinson from Hamilton, ON.

The Everest 2000 teams depart for Kathmandu, Nepal on March 15. Upon arrival, they fly to Lukla in the Khumbu Region and trek to base camp at the foot of the Khumbu Glacier. From April 1 on, the team will undergo a grueling process of climbing and acclimatization while their bodies adjust to the altitude and thinner air. They expect to reach their goal, the Summit of Everest sometime at the end of May.

Check him out at Byron Smith www.cbc.ca/everest2000.

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