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In spring 2006 a team of Six
climbers from N. Ireland and England will attempt to climb Mount Everest
8848m, the highest mountain in the world. The climbers will climb via the NE
Ridge of Everest, this route constitutes a steep and technically demanding
route, with climbers camping at an altitude of 8300m before climbing the
difficult second step and then reaching the summit ridge, this being an
exposed ridge traverse at over 28,000ft, before finally standing on the
summit.
The climbers will face all
the rigours of high wind, high altitude and low temperatures, so this will be
no light achievement for such a small team. The expedition will take place in
the 50th anniversary year of the Duke of Edinburgh Award and the team hope to
commerate this event by reaching the summit. The climbers include
6 summit climbers going, 4
for Northern Ireland and 2 from England, the expedition will commerate the
50th Anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh Award, as Raymond Hassard and I are
both Gold award holders we hope to carry a flag to the summit to mark the
event.
They are going to climb the
normal North Col route and we shall use Bikrum Pandley as our trekking Agency,
Raymond's wife Kate shall be our base camp manager, and they will bring 3
other North Col climbers.
Climbers: Jon Salter, Neil Elliott, Raymond
Hassard, Fergal Corrigan, Steve Hodge, Geoffrey Weir...
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