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April 2:
News of "7 Summits Club expedition
All last week Alexander Abramov and his comrades from a service team in
Katmandu solved complicated problems on maintenance of the future expedition.
In result, in the morning March, 31 five lorries have gone in the direction of
Tibet. At 11:30 they have crossed border with China. Nikolay Chernyi, Andrey
Selivanov and Maxim Onipchenko have proceeded together with a cargo in base
camp with 20 Sherpas. The transfer has passed without undue incident. It
seems, this year all is quiet. Not as the last year when climbers went under
bombardment.
Alexander Abramov has remained in Katmandu. He will wait for the basic group
which will start to gather by the end of new week.
April, 3 we have left Periche, went downwards to meet Alex
Abramov. He flew to Lukla a day before. Under the plan we should meet him
somewhere in the area of Tiangboche. Near the monastery we have met Valentin
Bozhukov (he is now 72 years old!), the famous climber and inventor of his own
version of liquid oxygen. Have a little talk. He goes with friends to the
Everest base camp to do some paragliding. And then he will join us in the
North side of Everest. He still hope to climb the highest point.. Great man.
In midday we have met Alex in Tiangboche. He has told latest news what happens
in the world – continuous disorders, as appeared.
A few minutes later, we met here Vern Tejas, the leader of Alpine Ascents
expedition, our old friend from Elbrus and Vinson. To the evening we all were
in Namch Bazar. The next morning we started early to descent in Lukla. On road
we have met a lot of expeditions going to Base Camp of the Everest. We
approached to Lukla already in darkness. It was necessary to pass through 5-6
militaries posts: soldiers partition off road a barbed wire after 18.00.
In the Himalayan Lodge, the owner Dava Chiri Sherpa met us hospitably, he said
he is as a big friend of Russian climbers. He has shown us a film of one of
his friends - Victor Kozlov, about Lhotse expedition 1997. By the way, Alex
Abramov was an operator on that film. So we have watched a film with double
pleasure.
In the morning 5-th, a military plane has arrived in Lukla. It was a little
disturbing, but flight has passed normally. Though the plane flied low and we
were afraid of Maoists bombardments. Last night in Katmandu we have tried to
buy all souvenirs as knew, that since next morning because of strike anybody
will not work.
April, 6. It is indeed. Today streets of Katmandu are silent and deserted. We
sit in the Waishali hotel. Likely, there is no huge disorder in the city. For
us everything is all right. Under the plan our trekking group takes off at
Saturday for Moscow. And members of Everest expedition already began to gather
here. The main part of them should arrive in Katmandu at 10th, just after the
strike.
Dispatches
Background: Expedition name "7 Summits
Club"
Expedition Leader - Alexander
Abramov
Expedition guides - Alexander
Abramov, Russia (main guide and leader, Everest Summiteer, leader of 5
Himalayan Expeditions)
- Igor
Svergun, Ukrain (guide, 2 times Everest summiter, from the North without
oxygen, 5 other 8-thousanders, has 2 Piolet d’Ore)
- Mingma
Gelu Sherpa, Nepal (sirdar, 5 times Everest Summiteer)
- Sergey
Kofanov, Russia (assistant guide)
- Ludmila
Korobeshko, Russia (assistant guide)
- Andrey
Selivanov, Russia (doctor and ABC manager)
- Maxim
Onipchenko, Russia (mountain ranger, BC manager)
- Sergey
Chistyakov, Russia (internet project manager)
List of
expedition members:
To the top
|
Lande Vladimir |
Russia |
| Rozhkov
Ilya |
Russia |
| Ryzhenko
Arkadiy |
Russia |
| Plyushkin
Igor |
Russia |
| Pushkarev
Vladimir |
Russia |
| Lorenzo
Gariano |
UK |
| Kirk
Wheatley |
UK |
| David A.
Lien |
USA |
| Ron Morrow |
USA |
| William
Hazelton Tyler III |
USA |
| Slate
Stern |
USA |
| Ronald
Kevin Muhl |
South
African |
| Noel
Richmond Hanna |
UK |
| Petter
Kragset |
Norway |
| Torbjørn
Orkelbog |
Norway |
| Henrik
Andre Olsen |
Denmark |
| Johnny
Brevik |
Norway |
| Thomas
Weber (blind climber) |
Germany |
| Vince
Bousselaire |
USA |
| Richard
Harris |
Australian |
|
Christopher Harris (son) |
Australian |
| Michael
Charles Dillon |
Australian |
| Lincoln
Ross Hall |
Australian |
| John
Delaney |
Ireland |
| Frode
Høgset |
Norway |
| Barbara
Tyler |
USA
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| Patrick
Hugh Flynn |
Ireland |
| Gariano
Giuseppe |
Italian |
20 Sherpas
6 cooks
6 kitchen boys
Total: 73 (30 clients, 43
staff)
Expedition start date : April
10
Expedition end date : June 10
Alexander Abramov with part
of the staff arrives in Katmandu on March 20 to start the preparations for
such a big expedition. 200 oxygen bottles are already bought for the
expedition.
Update: Alex is currently in Nepal meeting with Asian
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