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- Juan Oiarzabal, "To
the Edge of The Impossible" or AL FILO DE LO IMPOSIBLE in Spanish
Two objectives of the Expedition:
| Recently the program
of the TVE "To the Edge of The Impossible"
announced its intention to recreate the
ascent of 1924 of Mallory and Irvine of Everest. This expedition is
already underway. Last Tuesday, 15 of March TVE
publicly presented in the studies of Prado
of the King, the expedition " To the Edge of the Impossible to Everest ". This
poses many challenges including high altitude cinematography, a historical re-creation of
the June 1924 attempt and a sporting challenge to ascend without oxygen. No member of the expedition, neither mountain climbers, nor technicians,
will take bottled oxygen. From 7000 meters and above mountain climbers will
be in charge of shooting film. For this
complicated project they have reunited to an outstanding
team, seven mountain climbers: Juanito Oiarzabal, Inaki Querejeta, Josu Bereziartua, Juan Vallejo, Ferrαn Latorre, Oscar Cadiach and
Alberto Cerain; and four technicians: the cameramen Antonio
Pιrez-Grueso and Manolo Rojo, the sound technician Daniel Salas and Sebastiαn
Alvaro as producer. Oscar Cadiach will play of
Mallory and Alberto Ceraνn will be his companion representing Irvine. The expedition is taking more than 6000 kilos of
material (equipment, food and cameras) including 6000 meters of 16mm film and six cameras
for high altitude filming that is needed to allow the group to climb Everest and
record their entire adventure. |
Oscar
Cadiach and Alberto Ceraνn
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Interview
with Juanito:
| The ascent will once
again match Oiarzabal against Everest. A summit of which he recognizes that
he does not have good memories from his two previous expeditions. On the first expedition, by not being able to reach the summit and
on the second, in 1993, when a few
hours of stepping on the Summit an expedition member ran into tragedy. Antonio Miranda died
during the decent. "I keep
no resentment. I return to enjoy the mountain and because I want to make this 8000 meter mountain without oxygen like the others
", Juanito comments. |
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To the Edge Of the Impossible and Everest:
| The television program
already has a long history in common with the
highest mountain on Earth. The first
expedition in 1987 was not able to
reach the summit. In the 1992 the TVE expedition returned next with members of the Mountain Military School of Jaca. On
this occasion the expedition summited, the 15 of
May, the 8848 meters of the top of Everest, following the complex Route of the Poles. This
year the expedition will undertake a new sporting
challenge, climbing without oxygen via the North Face route along with the cinematographic challenge to reproduce what could be the first human
expedition to reach the top of the mountain
called Goddess Mother of the Earth. |
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Until
the last detail...
| Amongst the more than
6000 kilos of material that the expedition will bring for
this project, are two period costumes
made of wool, similar to which the members of the British expedition 1920's wore. Ice axes, ropes, and other material from
the expedition also has been made of for the project. Boxes of wood of the
time, lamps, old gas cylinders of oxygen, chairs and tables, notebooks, pencils, pipes,
pens, clocks, compasses, old maps, and other many materials of the past will serve to
reproduce in images any moment of the old expedition. With all the necessary details that
the spectators who traveled in 1924 to the Base Camp to witness and adventures with
Mallory and Irvine will see what it was like. costumes
made of wool, similar to which the members of the British expedition 1920's wore. Ice axes, ropes, and other material from
the expedition also has been made of for the project. Boxes of wood of the
time, lamps, old gas cylinders of oxygen, chairs and tables, notebooks, pencils, pipes,
pens, clocks, compasses, old maps, and other many materials of the past will serve to
reproduce in images any moment of the old expedition. With all the necessary details that
the spectators who traveled in 1924 to the Base Camp to witness and adventures with
Mallory and Irvine will see what it was like. costumes
made of wool, similar to which the members of the British expedition 1920's wore. Ice axes, ropes, and other material from
the expedition also has been made of for the project. Boxes of wood of the
time, lamps, old gas cylinders of oxygen, chairs and tables, notebooks, pencils, pipes,
pens, clocks, compasses, old maps, and other many materials of the past will serve to
reproduce in images any moment of the old expedition. With all the necessary details that
the spectators who traveled in 1924 to the Base Camp to witness and adventures with
Mallory and Irvine will see what it was like. costumes
made of wool, similar to which the members of the British expedition 1920's wore. Ice axes, ropes, and other material from
the expedition also has been made of for the project. Boxes of wood of the
time, lamps, old gas cylinders of oxygen, chairs and tables, notebooks, pencils, pipes,
pens, clocks, compasses, old maps, and other many materials of the past will serve to
reproduce in images any moment of the old expedition. With all the necessary details that
the spectators who traveled in 1924 to the Base Camp to witness and adventures with
Mallory and Irvine will see what it was like. EverestNews.com will report on Juan Oiarzabal, "To the Edge
of The Impossible" expedition thanks to our friends in Spain, which we have
agreed to exchange certain information and other sources. Desnivel source of images and
interview with additions and modifications by EverestNews.com. |
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More on this expedition soon
including their comments on Graham return to Everest to find the camera. The Expedition
left on the 23th !
Note most of the images above
enlarge when you click on them. They are worth a look.
EverestNews.com reported last week
Babu is planning a speed accent of Everest this Spring 2000. Newspapers and news sources in Nepal are confirming his plans. Babu Chiri Sherpa is the climber who established the
world record by spending 21 hours on the summit of Mount Everest without auxiliary oxygen
in the Spring of 1999. He has already summited Mount Everest 9 times and this year, he
will attempt to reach the Base Camp from the summit in 16 hours, which would be a record
time!
Babu is working with Gabriel
Filippi and Hugo Rodriguez on Everest this year (see earlier
stories). Sounds like another year for two summits attempts of Everest for Babu.
- Everest Spring 2000: Byron Smith
moving up !
Byron and the Everest 2000 team are
still acclimatizing in Khumjung. On Friday they visited the first school built in the
region. Sir Edmund Hillary founded the Khumjung High School in 1961. Catch pictures of the
trek from Namche Bazaar to Khumjung in the photo gallery on http://cbc.ca/everest2000/gallery/
For the rest Byron's news check:
http://cbc.ca/everest2000/
Everest Spring 2000: Everest
Dream
Saeed, has arrived in Nepal, hired
Tswang Dorje Sherpa from Asian-Trekking and appears to be discussing the option of
establishing a emergency Camp 5 on Everest around the balcony !
Check out his many new dispatches
for these interesting developments ! www.everestdream.com
- More New Expeditions on EverestNews.com next week !
Yes more !!! A record number of climbers on Everest in 2000, and
a record number being covered....
Graham
Hoyland's Lecture "Unraveling the Mystery of George Mallory" in the Baird
Auditorium at the National Museum of Natural History.
Alan Hinkes
Q&A
EverestNews.com will feature full dispatches from Adventure
Consultants for Everest Spring 2000
Close
Does Not Count for Records
ALAN HINKES TARGETS THIRD HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD,
KANGCHENJUNGA AS TWELFTH MOUNTAIN ON HIS CHALLENGE TO ACHIEVE BRITISH RECORD
EverestNews.com will feature full dispatches from Jagged Globe for
Everest Spring 2000
Spanish
Climber to attempt the Messner route on Everest
Change of Guard at the Khumbu Ice Fall
Graham
Hoyland and the BBC returns to Everest in Spring 2000 insearch of the camera and Irvine.
Climbers
headed to Everest Base Camp
Jochen
Hemmleb Q&A Part 7
India
climber plans to spend the night on the Summit
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