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Daily News: 5/29-30/2000 Report
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Receiving Reports from Over 30 Teams on Everest this Spring 2000.
Makalu
2000: Dhaulagiri
2000: Lhotse
2000: Cho Oyu 2000:
Manaslu
2000: Kangchenjunga
2000: Annapurna 2000:
- Since many of You
were gone on Monday we have updated Monday's News for a Monday-Tuesday
Update...
Everest
North Side Spring 2000
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Everest North Side:
More Summits !!!
1.) Russians:
Victor Volodin from
the Moscow expedition reached the Summit of Everest on May 28th. He had spent two nights
at 8300, May 27th was too cold and windy which prevented him from getting started. May 28th
he started at 3:30am from 8300 and summited at 10 o'clock. The weather was
excellent. At 14:00 he returned to 8300 and 18:00 to Camp 7000m. Today he is at
ABC.
Skripko and Korshunov
spent a night at 7900, Khohlov and Andrew (UK) are at 7600, and were going up to
the top. Today the rest of team started from ABC up to the Mountain. They are
Abramov-Cherny-Elagin-Lavrinenko-Larin. There are around 4 expeditions remained
in BC: Russians, Spain, French Canadians and Brice. The Russians delayed the
yaks for a week and hope for good luck.
2.) One Spanish
climber (Juan Carlos Gonzαlez) and one Sherpa climber from the Euskaltel
Everest 2000 Expedition are believed to have Summitted on Saturday. Both are
said to be in rough shape right now...
1.) Hokkaido Alpine
Association Everest Expedition 2000
The three members of
Hokkaido Alpine Society Everest Expedition 2000 reached the summit of Everest at
10:37 a.m. on May 17. They are Mr. Kouichi Ezaki (the leader), Mr. Hiroshi Kudo
(the climbing leader) & Ms. Ruchia Takahashi.
2.) On May 19th,
2000, Tosio
Yamamoto a 63-year old Japanese man is being confirmed to have became the
oldest man to Summit Everest.
Summit attempt without
oxygen and without Sherpa climbers.
5/27 Claude-Andrι
Nadon and Bernard Mailhot attempted to reach 7900m. At 7600m Bernard turned
around and descend to 7000m. Claude-Andrι reach alone 7900m.
11h13 PM, Tibet time:
Claude-Andrι contacted base camp. He believes he is the only climber at this
altitude. Weather is really bad: the really strong wind pulled off all the other
expeditions tents. Claude-Andrι doesn't know if he will attempted the summit
that night.
12h20, Tibet time:
Although he could see lightning in the Nepal and Tibetan sky, the strong winds
had subsided and Claude-Andre decided to attempt the summit.
After 1h30 of climb,
at 8000m, Claude-Andrι decided to turn around and return to his 7900m camp. The
darkness of the night makes him not sure of the way to go. He could not clearly
figure out his way. Weather becoming bad, Claude-Andrι will probably need to
get back to the base camp, according to Franηois Loubert, following the effort
of his team member from the base camp.
26-05 Claude-Andrι
Nadon and Bernard Mailhot climbed and reach 7500m where they spend the night.
The really strong wind and cold makes other expeditions to descend.
25-05 Claude-Andrι
Nadon and Bernard Mailhot slept at 7000m.
Have a great day!
Dominic Danvoye Prιsident
AZUR Informatique Inc.
http://www.everestmillenium.qc.ca/
Everest
South Side Spring 2000
Temba
Chhiri Sherpa (aka the 14 year old boy) is in the hospital in Kathmandu. He will
lose parts of some of his fingers...
- Everest
Spring 2000 South Side:
As
some of you know, Michael Down was "reported" to have reached the
Summit of Everest several days ago. However, Byron Smith said he did not. Well
Michael Down is now believed to have reached the Summit last Friday morning. We
believe Michael Down had NOTHING to do with those earlier reports... Details
will become clear in a few days... Michael is from Canada.
Another
climbers with Michael on Friday is believed to have been Tim Cowen. Tim is a
Colorado climber with ties to the Fort Collins area. He is believed to have
reached the Summit at 11:26AM Friday morning.
- Lhotse Spring 2000
Update:
A climber named
Goncalo Velez, who owns the Expedition Company Rotas do Vento - Expedicoes e
Viagens de Aventura Lda, R Lusiadas 5 4-K, 1300-365 Lisboa, Portugal, http://www.rotasdovento.pt
went to Lhotse this Spring 2000.
His Current Update:
with a short note about his Summit Attempt without oxygen
I have been stuck in
Lukla due to the monsoon for 2 days now. Our equipment arrived just
today. Although I felt it necessary to turn back only 100-150 meters
from the summit I had a great expedition.
On May 25 I got off
the tent at C4 (7700m) en route to the summit at 2h40. The two Slovenian
climbers that should have been in front of us returned to their tent. Reason:
they forgot their mittens! My fellow climber Doychin Vassilev (a Bulgarian),
turned around after 1h30 due to respiratory problems. This left me climbing up
the Lhotse couloir alone, without oxygen, barely no trail and with some 40cm
of deep snow. These conditions delayed me a great deal. By 15h I had reached
the end of the couloir when the weather was changing: the wind got stronger,
snow fell and the visibility decreased a lot. I called Beno (Benedict
Kashakashvili, Georgia) in BC who had summited 10 days before for information
about how far I could be from the summit. There were some interferences in the
communication and he did not bother to move to another place or try another
antenna. "Call me in an hour", he finalized adding to my
discouragement!! I also had a compromise not to stay in our C4 tent because
the Georgians would be using it. So I had to descend direct to C3 (7100m)
which is a long way. The weather got worse, wind, cold, snow and fog and,
worrying about the descent, I turned around. I sensed that I must have been
near but these various factors made me decide realistically.
Piotr, Benedict and
the Georgians/Russians all used oxygen in their ascents. Sergio Martini and
the 2 Slovenians climbing on May 24 did not use any oxygen.
If you need any
further info please let me know. Best regards. Goncalo Velez
Mt.
Sagarmatha 8,848m - Summitted
The
latest information received from liaison officer in the Everest base camp Mr.
Ram Krishna Shrestha, (22 yrs.), Kathmandu Municipality Ward No.15 Swoyambhu
Kathmandu, one of the team members of Everest Expedition 2000 AD New Record had
successfully climbed the summit of 8848 meter high. Mt. Sagarmatha, the highest
peak in the world, from South East Ridge route on 21st May 2000 at 10.40 AM. He
had started from Camp IV on 20th May 2000 at 11.00 PM and stayed 5 minutes on
the summit.
Mt.
Sagarmatha 8,848m - Summitted
The
following 2 member & 1 Sherpa of Jagged Globe Everest Expedition from the
U.K. have successfully climbed the summit of 8848 meter high. Mt. Sagarmatha,
the highest peak in the world, from South East Ridge route on 24th May 2000 at
06.30 AM. They have started from Camp IV on 23th May 2000 at 10.00PM. They
stayed half an hour on the summit.
1.
Mr. Paul Frank Giorgio, (1964), Investor, Mass. USA
2. Mr. Nima Gombu Sherpa (31yrs) Gaurishanker VDC1, Beding, Dolkha, Nepal.
(6th times summit including this)
3.
Mr. Andrew Lock, (1961), Expedition Leader, Sheffield, Australia.
Mt.
Makalu I (8,463m.) - Summitted
1)
Year & Season : Spring 2000
2) Name of the Expedition : Italian Makalu Expedition
3) Expedition Leader : Mr. Christian Kuntner (1962), Guide, Parto Allo Stelvio,
BZ
4) Country : Italy.
5) No. of Team Members : 9
6) Ascent Route : North West Ridge
7) Date of Summit : 15 May 2000
8) Starting Point :
9) Starting Time : 2.00 AM,
10) Time of Summit : 1.00 PM
S.No
Name of Summiters, Age,
Occupation, Home Town
& Country
1, Mr. Christian Kuntner (1962), Guide, Parto Allo Stelvio, BZ Italy.
2, Mr. Stepahan Andres (1968) Engineer Bozen-I, Italy.
3, Mr. Abele Blanc, (1954), Guide Aymavilles, Italy.
Mt.
Baruntse (7129m.) - Summitted
1) Year & Season : Spring 2000
2) Name of the Expedition : Jagged Globe Baruntse 2000 Expedition
3) Expedition Leader : Mr. Steve Hartland, (1964), Mt. Guide, Sheffield, UK
4) Country : UK
5) No. of Team Members : 12
6) Ascent Route : South East Ridge
7) Date of Summit : 15 May 2000
8) Starting Point : 6540m
9) Starting Time : 0310 AM,
10) Time of Summit : 13.45 PM
11) Time Spent on the Summit : 20 Minutes
S.No Name of Summiters,
Age, Occupation,
Home Town & Country
1,
Mr. Steve Hartland, (1964), Mt. Guide, Sheffield, UK
2, Mr. Mathew Dickinson(1971) Mt. Guide Sheffield, UK
3, Mr. Mark Winkworth(1968), Event Co-ordinator Albuquerque, NM, USA
4, Mr. Timothy Mugh Moss(1954) Doctor Brister, UK.
HIMALAYA
Center, Kathmandu
The
Jagged Globe Expedition Summits on the 19th with the others going on the 22nd.
Still no details due to technical problems...
- Next Update Wednesday
Late Afternoon EST !
K2 ! Coverage begins
on Thursday.
Everest South Side
Summit List.
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