Mt. Everest 2005: Monterosa Everest 2005 from Tibet Update

Update

Update 5/14/2005: Call from Camp 1 Friday May 13, sunset. Beautiful view of Everest, light wind. 12 members of the Monterosa expedition are still working the mountain, including Mr. MacIntyre from South Africa and his sherpa. Jocelyn Dufour and Nick Nielsen are at Camp 1 this evening. They have already slept at Camp 2 during their previous acclimatization climb, and are hoping to go to Camp 3 and possibly higher as the weather and all the other factors permit. Vincent Waters is following them by one or two days, and will continue to share camp with them. The wait at Base Camp was long, climbers are excited to be moving. Let's keep our fingers crossed

Update 4/21/2005: message yesterday from ABC (Thursday morning Tibet Time): On April 21st, Jocelyn Dufour and Nick Nielsen (and possibly others) are making their way up to camp 1 (7000m)  to spend the night.  They plan to explore the route to camp 2 (7500m) on April 22 and descend to ABC, then BC for a rest.

Update 4/14/2005: This group of independent climbers which includes the Greenland Everest expedition (Mr. Nick Nielsen) is moving up the mountain along with the rest of them.

Update 4/6/2005: China Base Camp, Thursday April 7, 7:30am, Very little snow at BC. Leaving for Middle Camp after breakfast. Everyone is acclimatizing well.

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Monterosa Treks & Expeditions is an adventure trekking operation out of Nepal. They offer expeditions throughout Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim and Pakistan. Since their establishment in 1993 they have been offering tours in English, Japanese, French, Italian, Spanish and German. Monterosa is an active member of the Trekking Agents Association of Nepal, and the Nepal Mountaineering Association.

The Monterosa 2005 Everest expedition climbers include

Mr. Nick Nielsen Age: 29 Profession: Student Member - Greenland (Danish)	Miss: Persall Marget Age: 37 Profession: Dr. Physician Country: USA	Mr. Hood Matthew Member - Age: 31 Country USA Profession: Engineer
Mr. Jocelyn Dufour Member - Age: 33 Profession: Geophysicist Country: Canidian	Mr. Vincent Waters Member - Age: 38 Profession: Engineer Country: Canada	Mr. Jacek Taler Member - Age: 36 Profession: Filozof Country: Poland
Mr. Humphrey Murphy Age: 40 Profession: Self employed employee Country: Ireland	Mr. Luigi Rampini Member - Age: 61 Profession: Employer Country: Italy	Mr. Neison Suyder Profession: Construction Forman Age: 33 Country: USA
Mr. Niklas Hallstrom Age: 30 Profession: Engineer Country: Sweden	Mr. Przemyslaw Orcholski Age: 29 Profession: Climber Country: Poland	Mr. Macintyre R. Burness Age: 51 Profession: Civil Engineer Member - South African
Mr. Ram Krishna Tripathi Expedition Incharge Nepal	Mr. Adrian Crane Member - Age: 49 Profession: Software Eng. Country: UK	Mr. Karsang Tamang Expd. Cook Nepal
Mr. Mingma Ongel Sherpa Climbing Sherpa Everest Summiter Nepal	Mr. Ngawa Galjen Sherpa Climbing Sherpa Everest Summiter Nepal	Mr. Tok Bdr. Khattri Expedition Cook  Nepal
Mr. Robin Khadka Asst. Cook Nepal	Mr. Kamal Acharya Asst. Cook Nepal

Update 4/04/2005: They are on their way at least past Nylam ...

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