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May 2003 News, Expedition Coverage and Notes


Headlines Archive

05/01 Mount Everest 2003 Expedition Coverage 24/7: Live

05/01 Everest 2003: Charlie Wittmack, The climb was a complete white-out and we were unable to tell the difference between the sky and the ground.

05/01 Mail to Everest Climbers 2003

05/01 Everest North Side Expedition: Chinese SOHU Expedition

05/01 Featured Everest Expedition: Team Everest '03

05/01 ST. PETERSBURG EVEREST - 2003 JUBILEE EXPEDITION: EXPEDITION PHOTOS, PART 7

05/01 Kangchenjunga 2003: Spanish/Italian News

05/01 Kangchenjunga International Expedition 2003

05/01 Mount Everest South Side Expedition: Canadians 2003

05/01 Everest 2003: EVEREST SPEED EXPEDITION®

05/01 Everest 50: The fiftieth anniversary expedition. (French)

05/01 Everest South Side Expedition:  Sergi Mingote

05/01 Everest 2003 Sherpas: The Sherpas of Everest Series: Ang Pasang Sherpa

05/01 Everest North Side Expedition: Northern Ireland Expedition

05/01 Mount Everest North Side Expedition: Spanish 2003

05/01 Child carriers: Packing a live load.

05/01 Shelter from the Storm

05/02 Everest above ABC may turn into a ghost town this weekend as everyone takes shelter from the predicted storm.

05/02 Featured Expedition: 2003 American Ski Everest Expedition

05/02 Internet cafe at Everest Base Camp Nepal?

05/02 Everest 2003: Ben Clark

05/02 Everest North Side Expedition: Adventure Peaks

05/02 Adventure Consultants Everest 2003

05/02 Karis InterNet Café On Everest and a great picture of Everest base camp in 2003

05/02 Everest 2003 Sherpas: Nima Tseri Sherpa and Pema Futi Sherpa and their Family

05/02 Chinese 8000 meter team to try Makalu in 2003: Update

05/02 First-Aid Kits: Safety in the woods.

05/02 Susan Ershler

05/02 Backcountry Footwear: Buying the right hiking boot

05/03 IMG Mount Everest Expedition 2003 South Side

05/03 Featured Everest Expedition: Team Everest '03

05/03 Featured Expedition: 2003 American Ski Everest Expedition

05/03 Everest 2003: Russian Adventure Team

05/03 Everest 2003: Charlie Wittmack

05/03 St. Petersburg Everest - 2003 Jubilee Expedition

05/03 Formal complaints with the group responsible for maintaining of the ice fall

05/03 Everest North Side Expedition: Chinese SOHU Expedition

05/03 Everest 2003 Sherpas: The Sherpas of Everest Series: Dawa Zangbu Sherpa

05/03 Everest 2003: Romanian Mt. Everest Expedition North Side

05/03 Kangchenjunga 2003: CARLOS PAUNER! Update

05/03 Trekking poles: Let your arms do some of the work

05/03 Women's Backpacks: Easing the load

05/03 Everest Speakers Updated 

05/04 NEWSFLASH 1: American Ski Everest expedition: a hand full of other camps have been blown to "bits"

05/04 NEWSFLASH 2: American Ski Everest expedition: Bracknell weather reports and pretty haggard looking people

05/04 NEWSFLASH 3: American Ski Everest expedition: I looked up and saw, no less than 4 full sized tents flying though the air.

05/04 NEWSFLASH 4: American Ski Everest expedition: More play by play

05/04 NEWSFLASH 5: American Ski Everest expedition: We are ready to get the heck out of here.

05/04 The North Face of Nuptse: Willie and Damian Benegas

05/04 Mount Everest 2003 Expedition Coverage 24/7: Live

05/05 Featured Everest Expedition: Team Everest '03

05/05 Everest 2003: Himalayan Guides 2003 Everest Expedition

05/05 The North Face of Nuptse: Willie and Damian Benegas

05/05 St. Petersburg Everest - 2003 Jubilee Expedition

05/05 Featured Expedition: 2003 American Ski Everest Expedition, what a Sunday !!

05/05 Everest 2003: Ben Clark

05/05 Everest North Side Expedition: Chinese

05/05 Manaslu 2003 featuring Piotr Pustelnik: Pictures

05/05 St. Petersburg Everest - 2003 Jubilee Expedition

05/05 Everest South Side Expedition: Sergi Mingote

05/05 First-Aid: Safety in the woods.

05/05 Lesson Plans

05/05 Jim Whittaker, 40 years ago...

05/05 Knives and Tools: Just in case.

05/05 NUMEROUS more Updates will be posted all day Monday....

05/06 Everest North Side Expedition: Dick Bass, Jim Wickwire, Dick Bass, John Roskelley: Very interesting dispatches (3)

05/06 Everest 2003: Charlie Wittmack

05/06 The North Face of Nuptse: Willie and Damian Benegas Updated with must see picture

05/06 Jean-Christophe Lafaille 2003 Updated

05/06 Featured Expedition: 2003 American Ski Everest Expedition

05/06 Join and support EverestNews.com

05/06 Mail to Everest Climbers 2003

05/06 Sherpa strike

05/06 Adventure Consultants Everest 2003

05/06 Mount Everest South Side Expedition: Sean Burch

05/06 Everest North Side Expedition: Chinese

05/06 Kangchenjunga International Expedition 2003

05/06 Kangchenjunga 2003: Carlos Pauner

05/06 Manaslu 2003 featuring Piotr Pustelnik

05/06 Manaslu 2003 featuring Dan Mazur

05/06 Binoculars: On a clear day you can see... anything

05/06 The Sherpas of Everest Series: Pemba Nurbu Sherpa

05/07 IMG Mount Everest Expedition 2003: South Side (Nepal)

05/07 IMG Mount Everest Expedition 2003: North Side (Tibet)

05/07 Featured Expedition: 2003 American Ski Everest Expedition

05/07 Featured Everest Expedition: Team Everest '03

05/07 Everest 2003: Glenn Edwards: Canadian Fire Fighter Everest Expedition

05/07 Everest 2003: Ben Clark

05/07 Everest 2003: Glenn Edwards

05/07 Everest South Side Expedition: American Commemorative Expedition

05/07 Everest 2003: Charlie Wittmack

05/07 St. Petersburg Everest - 2003 Jubilee Expedition

05/07 Serbia climbers Summit Baruntse (7129m)

05/07 Global Position Systems

05/07 Deutsch/Schweizerische Jubiläumsexpedition Everest 2003

05/07 Tarragona Everest 2003

05/07 Everest Speakers

05/07 Day Packs: Packing it in for Hikes or School

05/08 NEWSFLASH "We became worried that another expeditions would ascend to the summit but we would not."

05/08 NEWSFLASH Everest Nepal " Summit Attempt!"

05/08 NEWSFLASH Everest North, the wind is BACK! Dispatch going up soon...

05/08 Featured Everest Expedition: Team Everest '03 Reports

05/08 Everest 2003 Ben Clark: a must read

05/08 Breaking News in Pakistan

05/08 Everest 50: The fiftieth anniversary expedition. (French); apparently good weather reports and good Sherpas for them

05/08 Everest North Side Expedition: Adventure Peaks

05/08 Everest and Lhotse 2003: Peter Guggemos

05/08 Mail to Everest Climbers 2003

05/08 ST. PETERSBURG EVEREST - 2003 JUBILEE EXPEDITION EXPEDITION PHOTOS, PART 9

05/08 Manaslu 2003: If only it would stop SNOWING!!!

05/08 Russian Adventure Team Dispatch 18

05/08 Adventure Consultants Everest 2003

05/08 Alberto Magliano: Elbrus 2003

05/08 Flashlights & Headlamps

05/08 Timepieces to Trust

05/08 Bear Grylls

05/09 NEWSFLASH Everest South Side: Charlie just called and said that the weather indeed was turning bad..

05/09 NEWSFLASH Everest North Side: A few teams, have headed back up to ABC, but the weather forecast is predicting a new system moving in. There are heavy heavy [inaudible] clouds, all the way from Nuptse to the Summit of Everest.

05/09 NEWSFLASH Everest South Side: The French are on the move, the details are a must read! Updated

05/09 Numerous updates will be added on the Everest expeditions pages all weekend long..

05/09 Everest 2003: Please marry me!

05/09 American Ski Expedition

05/09 Everest 2003: Romanian Mt. Everest Expedition North Side

05/09 Jean-Christophe Lafaille 2003

05/09 The North Face of Nuptse: Willie and Damian Benegas

05/09 Kangchenjunga 2003: CARLOS PAUNER

05/09 Mount Everest North Side Expedition: French

05/09 Join and support EverestNews.com

05/09 Interactive Everest Route Map

05/09 Everest 2003 Sherpas: The Sherpas of Everest Series: Chuldim Nuru Sherpa

05/09 The Sherpas of Everest Series: Nima Rita Sherpa(4 times, including once without oxygen and once via the west ridge!)

05/09 The Sherpas of Everest Series: Chuldim Sherpa

05/09 Lesson Plans

05/09 Flashlights & Headlamps

05/09 Everest Speakers: Phil Ershler

05/09 Cycling Wear: Fashion meets function

05/10 Breaking News: SARS/Everest

05/10 NEWSFLASH Everest South Side: Charlie is turning around

05/10 NEWSFLASH Everest South Side: Sergi Mingote news

05/10 Manaslu 2003: Everyone on the American team is still there and no one is planning on departing early

05/10 Apa Sherpa will not be in the first wave to help fix the ropes this year as his team waits good weather

05/10 “The man who skied down Mt. Everest”: will leave Base Camp tomorrow (May/11) for summit attempt.

05/10 Dan Mazur's team checks in: Round Two clearly goes to Manaslu.

05/10 Jean-Christophe Lafaille 2003

05/10 Featured Everest Expedition: Team Everest '03: poised for a summit push on the morning of May 13th!

05/10 First Estonian Mt. Everest Expedition, North Side

05/10 Kangchenjunga 2003

05/10 Everest 2003: Charlie Wittmack

05/10 Everest 50: The fiftieth anniversary expedition. (French)

05/10 Adventure Consultants Everest 2003

05/10 Sherpas who have summited Everest 1953-1985

05/10 Everest South Side Expedition: American Commemorative Expedition

05/10 Manaslu 2003 featuring Piotr Pustelnik

05/10 Peter Hillary

05/10 The Sherpas of Everest Series: Sonam Tshering Sherpa (5 summits)

05/10 The Sherpas of Everest Series: Lhakpa Rita Sherpa (4 summits)

05/10 Book: The High-Altitude Life and Death of Willi Unsoeld

05/11 NEWSFLASH Everest South Side: The Indian/ Nepalese Army Expedition combined with the British Expedition to break the trail and fix the ropes above the South Col...

05/12 NEWSFLASH Everest South Side: Featured Everest Expedition: Team Everest '03

05/12 Everest 2003: Himalayan Guides 2003 Everest Expedition; A must read

05/12 Mount Everest South Side Expedition: Sean Burch

05/12 Manaslu 2003 featuring Dan Mazur: weather getting better...

05/12 Everest North Side Expedition: Chinese

05/12 Manaslu 2003 featuring Piotr Pustelnik: Since yesterday the weather in Manaslu region is better, it’s sunny.

05/12 Nanga Parbat 2003 Expeditions and News Index

05/12 Everest 2003: Charlie Wittmack

05/12 St. Petersburg Everest - 2003 Jubilee Expedition

05/12 Alan Hinkes/Norbert Joos Kangchenjunga 2003

05/12 The Sherpas of Everest Series: Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa summited Everest six times between 91 and 95 by three different routes

05/13 Everest North: Accurate weather forecasts, plans and getting sprayed!

05/13 NEWSFLASH: More Summits of Lhotse

05/13 Update: The North Face of Nuptse: Willie and Damian Benegas

05/13 NEWSFLASH: First reported death of the climbing season.

05/13 NEWSFLASH: Manaslu – We are on the move!

05/13 Featured Expedition: 2003 American Ski Everest Expedition

05/13 John Roskelley for John Roskelley, Jess Roskelley, Richard Bass, Jim Wickwire

05/13 The Mountaineering Legend Norbert Joss checks in

05/13 Everest 50: The fiftieth anniversary expedition. (French)

05/13 Miura Japanese Everest 2003 Expedition

05/13 Everest North Side Expedition: Adventure Peaks

05/13 Manaslu 2003 featuring Dan Mazur: Heating up !

05/13 Japanese and Koreans summit Lhotse

05/13 Cho Oyu 2003 Summits!

05/13 Everest 2003: Charlie Wittmack

05/13 Tarragona Everest 2003

05/13 Everest 2003: Russian Adventure Team

05/13 Stoves: Hot and light

05/13 From the past: The Ashraf Aman Q&A, the 9th person to Summit K2. A great Q&A!

05/13 Gear Review: Lumbar Packs

05/13 Join and support EverestNews.com

05/14 The Chinese much discussed status and plans in their own words...

05/14 NEWSFLASH Everest North Side: Sherpas made Camp 6, and much more a must read!!!

05/14 George Dijmarescu Everest 2003

05/14 NEWSFLASH: Everest 2003: Himalayan Guides 2003 Everest Expedition

05/14 Update: Everest 50: The fiftieth anniversary expedition. (French)

05/14 NEWSFLASH: Makalu Summits

05/14 Featured Expedition: IMG Mount Everest Expedition 2003 South Side

05/14 Featured Expedition: IMG Mount Everest Expedition 2003 North Side

05/14 The North Face of Nuptse: Willie and Damian Benegas: Dispatch 10

05/14 Featured Everest Expedition: Team Everest '03

05/14 Featured Expedition: 2003 American Ski Everest Expedition

05/14 Everest 2003: Ben Clark: Heading up for a Summit attempt

05/14 Canadian Fire Fighter Everest Expedition: Everest 2003: Glenn Edwards

05/14 Adventure Consultants Everest 2003

05/14 Everest North Side Expedition:  Adventure Peaks

05/14 Deutsch/Schweizerische Jubiläumsexpedition Everest 2003

05/14 Heart Rate Monitors: And the Beat Goes On

05/14 Manaslu 2003 featuring Piotr Pustelnik

05/14 Global Position Systems

05/14 Byron Smith

05/14 Join and support EverestNews.com

05/15 NEWSFLASH Everest South Side: French, Japanese, and British expected to be along those first in the line....

05/15 NEWSFLASH Everest North Side: Note the Chinese actually came back down on the 5/15 (Tibet time) after heading up and facing "extreme" winds above the North Col. But everyone is expected to head up in the next 24 hours...

05/15 NEWSFLASH Everest North Side: "Everybody headed up" [that is a quote from the mountain] at May 15, 2003 9:44 PM Tibet Time; with that said the Chinese ran into very HIGH WINDS UP HIGH. ONLY VERY STRONG Sherpa are making it to camp 6 so far.

05/15 Jean-Christophe Lafaille 2003

05/15 Everest 2003: EVEREST SPEED EXPEDITION®: Ready to Move up to Camp 3!

05/15 NEWSFLASH: Death on Cho Oyu

05/15 Featured Expedition: 2003 American Ski Everest Expedition, Summit attempts, forecast change, risks....

05/15 Everest North Side Expedition:  Adventure Peaks

05/15 Everest 2003: Proud to be an American!

05/15 Mount Everest South Side Expedition: Sean Burch

05/15 Everest 2003: Romanian Mt. Everest Expedition North Side

05/15 Everest North Side Expedition: Chinese

05/15 Everest 2003: Himalayan Guides 2003 Everest Expedition

05/15 Sherpas made Camp 6, and much more a must read!!!

05/15 News from Russian Adventure Team Everest expedition

05/15 Everest 2003: Glenn Edwards

05/15 Sleeping Pads: Comfort you carry.

05/15 Sport-Specific Packs

05/15 Everest Speakers

05/15 Lesson Plans

05/16 Everest 2003: Lakpa Sherpa, 29, has set out in an attempt to become the first woman to climb Mount Everest for the third time!! Her sister Mingkipa, could become youngest woman to climb Everest!

05/16 NEWSFLASH Everest: Showtime!

05/16 NEWSFLASH Everest: A break in the weather on the North side, this evening was clear and beautiful!

05/16 Mt Everest: Exclusive update from 4 time American Everest Summiter on the Status this morning in Tibet

05/16 Everest 2003: hoping for an adequate window in the weather.

05/16 NEWSFLASH Everest: Climbers hold back a day because of winds & another reason? More soon...

05/16 Featured Everest Expedition: Team Everest '03

05/16 Exclusive Featured Expedition: IMG Mount Everest Expedition 2003 North Side

05/16 Exclusive Featured Expedition: IMG Mount Everest Expedition 2003 South Side

05/16 Featured Expedition: 2003 American Ski Everest Expedition

05/16 The Staff will be working all weekend bring you updates 24/7 from Everest...

05/16 Manaslu 2003 featuring Piotr Pustelnik: Forced to retreat by very strong winds...

05/16 Kangchenjunga 2003: profound depression. Tomorrow will be another day...

05/16 Miura Japanese Everest 2003 Expedition

05/16 Deutsch / Schweizerische Jubiläumsexpedition Everest 2003

05/16