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NEWSFLASH 11:01AM EST
US 5/16/2000
- Russians now
reporting 4 on the first day (5/15/2000) from the North!
5/16/2000 Risk www.risk.ru
The details from
Himalaya. Four members of the Everest Kuban-2000 expedition summited to the Top
on May 15th.... details
- 11 Total from the
South Side on the Second day (5/16/2000). With the Spanish believed, but not
yet confirmed to have been the first up, on the South Side.
Much more News:
Ama Dablam 6812meters -
Summitted Ascent Route : South West Ridge Date of Summit : 15 May 2000
Name of the Expedition
: Austrian Ama Dablam Expedition
Expedition Leader :
Mr. Theo Fritsche (1949) Austria
Country : Austria No.
of Team Members :5 Starting Point : Camp II Time of Summit : 11.00AM
Summiters, Age
Occupation Home Town & Country
1.) Mr. Theo Fritsche
(1949), Carpenter, Liudesch, Austria.
2.) Mr. Wilfried Amann
(9153), Manager, Bludesch, Austria
3.) Mr. Gerdol
Duser (1966), Mt. Guide Schnifis, Austria.
Manaslu 8163 meters -
Summitted
Manaslu 2000
Expedition
Expedition Leader :
Mr. Han Wang Yong (1966), Ilsan-Gu Kyungi-Do, Korea Country : Korea
No. of Team Members :7
Ascent Route : North
East Ridge
Date of Summit : 12
May 2000
Starting Point : Camp
III ( 7200m.) Starting Time : 03 AM Time of Summit : 9.55 AM
Time Spent on the
Summit : 15 minutes
Returned to : C III
Name of Summiters, Age
Occupation Home Town & Country
1.) Mr. Han Wang Yong
(1966) Leader Businessman, Ilsan- Gu Hyungi-Do, Republic of Korea.
Manaslu 8163 meters -
Summitted
Name of the Expedition
: Manaslu 2000 Expedition
Expedition Leader : Mr. Franco Brunello (1939), Retired, Montecchio, Italy
Country : Italy
No. of Team Members :9
Ascent Route : North East Ridge
Date of Summit : 5 May 2000
Starting Point : 3rd Camp
Time of Summit : 9AM
Time Spent on the Summit : About 10 minutes
Returned to : 2nd Camp
Name of Summiters, Age
Occupation Home Town & Country
1.) Mr. Jean
Chiristophe Lafaille (1965), Mt. Guide Chamonix, France.
Everest 8,848 m -
Summitted
1) The following 3
member & 2 Sherpa of Sagarmatha Millennium Expedition from United Kingdom
have successfully climbed the summit of 8848 meters high, Mt. Sagarmatha, the
highest peak in the world from South East Ridge on 16th May 2000 at 11.06 AM.
They started the climb from South Col (Camp IV) on 15th May 2000 at 10.45PM and
spent 5 minutes on the summit.
1.) Mr. Andrew Salter
(1960), Builder from Ponderot Ott Rd. Knebworth Herts, UK.
2.) Ms. Polly Murray
(1973) Ski Instructor, Cargill, Perth
3.) Mr. John Barry
(1944), Writer & Climber from Clanrwst, Gwyneap, UK
4.) Mr. Jangbu Sherpa
(36yrs), High Altitude Sherpa, From Jubing VDC 1, Kharikhola, Solukhumbu, Nepal.
5.) Mr. Pemba Gyalze
Sherpa (27yrs) High Altitude Sherpa from Jubing VDC Panggome, Solukhumbu, Nepal.
The 11 member
Expedition team was permitted to climb Mt. Sagarmatha from South East Ridge
Under the leadership of Mr. Gavin Bate (1966) writer from Northern Ireland, UK,
during the spring season of 2000.
2) The following 2
member & 2 Sherpa of Expedicio 2000 Al Everest Expedition from Spain have
successfully climbed the summit of 8848 meter high, Mt. Sagarmatha the highest
peak in the world from South East Ridge on 16th May 2000 at 10.49 AM. They
started the climb from South Col (Camp IV) on 15th May 2000 at 22.15 PM and
spent 1 hour on the summit.
1.) Mr. Jordi Bayona
Silva, (1966), Engineer, Ramonllull, Manresa, Spain
2.) Mr. Joan Bellmonte
Blanch, (1967), Mt. Guide, Placa, S/N, Escas, Spain.
3.) Mr.Tamding Sherpa,
(26yrs), HAP, Gaurishanker 1, Dolkha, Nepal.
4.) Mr. Nima Nuru
Sherpa (25yrs) HAP, Namche 8, Thame, Solukhumbu, Nepal.
The 8 member
Expedition team was permitted to climb Mt. Sagarmatha from South East Ridge
Under the leadership of Mr. Antoni Bahi Alburquerque(1944) Mechanical Engineer
from Castell Manresa, Spain during the spring season of 2000.
3) The following 2
member of 2000 Korean Seven Summits Expedition from Republic of Korea have
successfully climbed the summit of 8848 meter high, Mt. Sagarmatha the highest
peak in the world from South East Ridge on 16th May 2000 at
10.50 AM.
1, Mr. Heon Ju Park,
(1967) Employee, Nam-Gu, Kwanju, Korea.
2, Mr. Sang Hyun Mo,
(1974) Employee, Sangna-Dong, Kangdong-Gu, Kroea.
The 7 member
Expedition team was permitted to climb Mt. Sagarmatha from South East Ridge
Under the leadership of Mr. Song Jong Ho (1954) Bussinessman from Deng-Gu,
Daejeon, Republic of Korea during the spring season of 2000.
Compiled and Reported
by Himalaya Centre, Kathmandu Nepal, 16 May 2000
- And with that News
we shall see You tonight around 11:30PM EST US for more !
Make sure to read all
the way down today !
NEWSFLASH 9:14AM EST
US 5/16/2000
They made it down !!!
Piotr and Beno
descended to C-4 at 10:45 pm (Nepal time) and today at noon (Nepal time) came to
C-2. They feels good. More details about their ascent follows after their return
to BC.
Regards, Branko
Slovenian Himalayan
expedition Lhotse 2000
http://lhotse.siol.net
In Summary, Piotr Pustelnik (Poland) and Beno Kashakashvili (Georgia)
reached the Summit of Lhotse
at 6:30 pm on 5/15/2000. Descended
to Camp 4 at 10:45PM, and today at noon came down to Camp 2.
The First Summits of
Lhotse in 2000 !
- Time for a little
fun... Every Year EverestNews.com attempts to break the Stress with some
fun: Here is Effort one: Or should we call it round one !
Test time: a little time to
relax and have some fun for all of You and the Staff. As of 12/31/1999 !
1.) Which 8000 meter peak had
never been Summited by the same climber twice?
2.) Who is the oldest person
to complete the Seven Summits ?
3.) Which 8000 meter peak has
the most climbers died after reaching the Summit ?
4.) Which two 8000 meter peaks
has over a 30% death to Summit ratios ?
5.) Which other two 8000 meter
peaks have a higher than 25% death to Summit ratio?
6.) Which country has the most different climbers
who has reached a Summit of an 8000 meter
peak ?
7.) How many climbers
have died while descending K2 after reaching the Summit that were using bottled
Oxygen ?
8.) How many climbers
have summitted an 8000 meter peak ?
a.) 30,125 b.) 2,767
c.) 5,124 d.) 1,589 e.) 4,589
9.) Which 5 countries
has a higher than 25% deaths to Summit ratio on Everest ?
10.) Helping is allowed
! Everyone is welcome to play. The winner (s), if
any, get his or her name printed on EverestNews.com if they wish.
NEWSFLASH 5:12AM EST
US 5/16/2000
AT 11:00AM 16TH MAY,
ANDY SALTER, JOHN BARRY AND POLLY MURRAY SUMMITED MOUNT EVEREST WITH THE SHERPAS
JANGBU AND PEMBA GALGIN.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ONE
AND ALL IN THE TEAM AND A SAFE JOURNEY DOWN AMANDA www.7-2000.co.uk
The
Millennium Seven Summits
Expedition
- Other News is
expected to be reported later today.
NEWSFLASH 3:05AM EST
US 5/16/2000
- Summits ! As
reported last night on EverestNews.com, climbers were going for the Summit
and some of them made it !
The two Spanish
climbers that have summited Everest are Jordi Bajona and Joan Belmonte from the Everest
2000-Caixa Manresa Expedition !
Their Two web sites
are www.caixamanresa.com/fundacio/everest
and http://www.lacenet.org.
Look for more information there later today...
Daily News: 5/16/2000 Report
(Updating at 10:57PM
EST US 5/15/2000)
- Everest South Side:
Going Again !
A group of climbers going
again for the Summit.
It is anyone's guess
again IF they will make it or turn around... But the odds are getting better.
However, Everest climbers (or their Sherpas climbers) can decide to turn around
in a minute...)
Expeditions, that
EverestNews.com believes has climbers among the group: Everest Clean-up and the Millennium Seven Summits
Expedition, among others. We would pay a dine to know if Appa Sherpa is with
them or not...
EverestNews.com is receiving
reports from these expeditions ! So we should know more in the morning !
The Millennium Seven Summits
Expedition, base camp manager, Noel Bristow who was sending reports, had to
be evacuated by helicopter because of blood clot on his leg. He is expected to
be OK, but please keep Noel in your prayers...
For those that missed
yesterday's NEWSFLASHES we will be repeating some on the information below.
May
14 - Problems with the route.
Bo
Belvedere Christensen: Danish http://www.tt.dk/everest/intro.html
- Lhotse Spring 2000: No
News yet if Piotr Pustelnik (Poland) and Beno Kashakashvili (Georgia) have
made it down after reaching
the Summit Lhotse at 6:30
pm on 5/15/2000.
Beno, you probably
recall from Everest 1999, when we covered his Georgia Expedition on the South
Side that was very successful.
Piotr Pustelnik is one of the world's greatest H.A. Climbers with Summits of the
North Side of Everest and K2 among his accomplishments.
Hopefully, risk www.risk.ru,
EverestNews.com or our Slovenia's friends at http://lhotse.siol.net
will get the News soon.
- Back to the South: The
Spanish
Everest 2000-Caixa de
Manresa
http://www.lacenet.org
- This same Spanish
Expedition's has reports carried on www.caixamanresa.com/fundacio/everest
Everest 2000-Caixa de
Manresa: Check
them out !
- What
did happen when Henry Todd's Expedition attempted the Summit: Here
is what the two Americans from near the Seattle area have to say:
We
are back in Base Camp 100% healthy and fine, with LOTS of swirling
issues. To summarize, we busted our butts for lots of days to position
ourselves at the South Col for a summit attempt. We did that. On our
summit attempt morning, which was clear
and cold with a perfect forecast,
"our" 5-6 Sherpas
abandoned the attempt at 1:20 a.m. with us at 26,650 feet.
They just couldn't handle
being out front and since
they had part of our oxygen stash and knew the route, we were pretty well s******.
With no one to support our attempts but them, we returned to Base Camp to
recover for another attempt. The
weather has finally turned here, you can see it and feel it.
It has been one heck of an adventure, beautiful beyond belief, challenging, etc,
but well within our capabilities. WE are very tired of this place, but
like a new friend said, we can stay another week or so or come back some other
year for two more months. We are literally just back, nothing to eat yet,
backpacks barely off, so I am cutting this off. Much more later!!!
Mike and Kristy Woodmansee
- Everest Spring
2000: Byron
Smith
Current Status: May
14, 2000
Byron Smith and his
Sherpa sirdar Lhakpa Tshering are back at Base camp after a few days rest in
Dingboche. Byron is planning to head up to Camp II the day after tomorrow, in
order to be in position for another attempt at the summit. The team will
determine the weather from Camp II and could make the next some time in the
next five days.
Some other teams on
the mountain did attempt the summit over the weekend, but no one has reached
the top yet this season. On Sunday, three teams were turned back at the South
Summit.
While Byron and Tim
Rippel prepare to go high once more, team doctor Virginia Robinson continues
to adjust to her many roles. The diary entry today is a physician's log on the
perils of managing Basecamp.
Check her and Byron
out !
Check their site for
the radio calls and more. http://cbc.ca/everest2000/
Who goes next ? Did
the Russians (The expedition "Everest-2000", Krasnodar city, headed by
Yuri Agafonov, coach - Ivan Aristov) make it down ?
Should know sometime
in the next 12-24 hours.
- Everest North Side:
The Dutch
Three Dutch Climbers
Frits Vrijlandt, Steven Le Poole, and Joke Groenendaal: Frits and Steven, will
attempt to climb Everest via the North ridge. Joke will keep you updated.
They are climbing as part
of a British Dutch non-commercial expedition.
Update:
Planning to make
their summit bid on Tuesday-to-Wednesday night. They
should reach the summit at around 2.00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Check them out: http://www.everest.home.nl/
for the full details.
- Everest
Spring 2000: Everest
Dream
Hi everyone, I am
sending this email on the 15th of May at 4:30 pm Nepal time. I have skipped a
few days of update because I will be leaving tomorrow for the long awaited
Summit attempt. There has not been any success on the mountain yet, although
several teams and individuals have reached up to South Summit. Anyway, I have to
get ready for tomorrow and my next update will be when I am down the mountain to
BC.
Remember that bad news
travels much faster than good ones... Thank you all, Saeed
May 10, 2000 -
Dingboche (Snow Lion Lodge 14,200')
This morning the sun
had a short life at Dingboche and it started to rain at about 10:30. This
rounded up everyone at the lodge with a book to read in their hand. I also
anxiously continued the book that I had started yesterday -- Tuesdays with
Marrie --. The combination of the weather and the story line did not make the
day very happy in particular. Towards the evening the lodge was not very crowded
and there were only six of us at the lodge which made it suitable for a nice
conversation circle around the "Yak Waste Stove" in the dining room.
This stove which is made just like a wood stove, uses Yak Waste to heat up and
it is very efficient! It does not burn the precious wood and it also helps to
clean up the trail and the village walk ways from Yak waste which is plentiful
in the area. It was another relaxing day at the lodge and I checked in early in
bed because tomorrow I would have to leave early towards the Base Camp...
May 15, 2000 -
Sagarmatha Base Camp - 17,600'
Today is the third day
at BC that weather has taken a turn for the better. Yesterday, Hugo
stopped by my tent and suggested that he is trying to pull several teams
together to head up the mountain in an organized manner
to face the technical work involved on the South East Ridge. I liked the idea
since no one has summited yet because of the weather and snow level. So, after
long discussions with the rest of folks at camp and Sherpas we made a decision
for the 20th of May to be the Summit day. This means leaving the Base Camp for
Camp II on the 16th. Yes, the day has come and we are going for it. This is the
last chance and all attempts have failed so far. The
teams that will be on this joined effort are Babu Jiri's team -- Hugo, Gaddy,--
the Spanish team, Byron Smith and Tim Ripple and their Sherpas and five
independent members at our camp.
I will be leaving for Camp II on the 16th of May at 4:30 AM with Carlos from
Spain and Anna from Poland. I need to make this short because there are a few
things to organize for tomorrow.
I wish everyone well
and thank everyone for the support that you have been giving me in the past
year. I will keep full safety in mind and I will think of all of you upon
success... Saeed
Saeed have sent many updates
in. Check his site for all the interesting details. www.everestdream.com
The Germans and the Austrians: Chomolungma by fair means without oxygen.
In the German/Austrian tradition
these climbers will attempt Everest from the North without oxygen and by fair means. The
climbers are Bastel Haller, Gustav Weinberger, Dr, Jurgen Zapf, Barbara Hirschbichler,
Rudi Roozen, Georg Simair, and Mag. Thomas Lammie.
Update: The
latest note we got said that Thomas Lδmmle, Georg Simair, Bδrbel Hirschbichler
and Jόrgen Zapf started for their attempt for the summit the 14th, which means
they should reach the summit on
18th, Bastel Haller, Rudl
Roozen and Gust Weinberger will start on 17th and hope
to reach the summit on 21st.
Sorry, but that is all
I can tell you.
Best Wishes Silke
Hi, this is Robert Anderson
calling from Cho Oyu base camp. Everything is fine here. All members have been
up to camp 2. We're down for a couple of days rest and we'll go back up for the
summit probably starting the 17th or 18th, hoping to summit about the 20th.
Most of the groups are leaving
here shortly, so we won't be able to call you again until we get back down to
base camp, which may be as late as the 27th.
But if we have a chance we'll
call you before then. But just to let everybody know that we are well, acclimatized
and feeling good.
Thanks and bye for now.
Robert Anderson, Expedition
Leader
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