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Mountain
Madness Everest Expedition 2002
Dispatch
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Mountain
Madness Everest Expedition 2002 Dispatch One
Dispatch
Two: Julio Bird reporting from base camp... At the
moment they are working on acclimatization since
base camp is at almost 18,000 feet....
Dispatch
Charlie Reporting from Namche April 16… I'm
back in Namche with the Khumbu Icefall team,
Chris Smith and Derek Dean. Derek and I climbed to
camp 1 on April 12, then climb to camp 2 and
return back to camp 1 for the night (April 13).
Chris went part way before returning to base camp...
Charlie
Fowler and Hector Ponce de Leon report from
Everest Base Camp: On April 19 our entire team
climbed to Camp 1 and spent the night. Next day,
members climbed to camp 2, which had been
established by our Sherpa team. April 22nd we
climbed to 7000 meters, just 200 meters below camp
3. Julio, Andy and Matthew did great. They had a
hard time with the altitude but they put in a good
effort to reach our 7000-meter goal. We were among
the first to go above camp 2 since the lines had
just been put in the on the 20th. We returned back
to camp 2. Everyone slept at camp 2 before
returning to base camp on the 23rd.
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here for the full dispatch.
Charlie
reporting from Everest Base Camp - May 2: Our
team climbed to camp 2 on April 30th. Julio
wasn't feeling too well and elected to stay at
camp 1. We spent two nights at camp 2.
Because of the weather we didn't climb to camp 3... Click
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Reporting from Everest Base Camp - May
8....: Our Everest team has completed their final
acclimation climb and is currently resting at base
camp. Our team is feeling strong and excited about
the summit push in the next few days. At base camp
the climbers will rest, eat and prepare for the
summit climb. Part of the preparation is
going over our oxygen systems to make sure
everyone can operate their oxygen supply during
their summit push.... Click
here for the full dispatch.
Summit
bound May 16th: Five
Mountain Madness team members and four climbing
Sherpas left base camp for their summit attempt.
After years of past climbing experience, months of
training, and weeks on the mountain acclimatizing
our team is now prepared for the summit of
Everest. The team will climb to camp 3 on May 14,
Camp 4 at the south col on May 15th. Click
here for the full dispatch.
Mountain
Madness team Summits Everest
Update
5/18/2002: Charlie Fowler reporting from base camp
May 18th...
Update
5/23/2002: Mountain
Madness’ Everest Climbing team reached the top of
the world! The Team's Summit report....
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