
Update:
After a few weeks of preparation we have
finally sent all the drums to Katmandu via air cargo. Sin we only can carry
20 Kg of luggage in the airplane, most of the shipment has to be done a few
weeks in advance.Almost 400
kg. of materials have left to the mountain, including high altitude food,
first aid kits, etc.
These four guys
will leave from Valencia on
April 6th.
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Jorge
Verdeguer |
David Rosa |
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Juan José
Haya |
Endika
Urtaran |
This is their second
expedition to Everest, this time via the South Face. They have already tried
the North Face in 2001. They will hire two Sherpas for the expedition.
Previous feats:
· 1996 Bolivian
Andes, summit of Illimani, 6490 m and other 6.000 m. peaks.
· 1998 Cho-Oyu.
Jorge and Endika made it to the summit, 8.201 m. and David gave up just 700m.
from the summit.
· 2.000 Manaslu
(8.163m.), did not make it to the summit due to bad weather, first time in the
Himalayas for Haya.
· 2.001 Everest North
Face, Jorge reached the summit, 8.848m., David was 200m. down because of a
malfunction of the oxygen equipment, and Endika around 500 m. below.
· 2.002 David, Jorge
and Endika went to the Geographic North Pole after a trip of more than 20 days
over frozen ocean.
· 2003 defeated by
Nanga Parbat, just got to Camp II.
All the expeditions have been
sponsored by Universidad Politécnica de Valencia.
Jorge Rivera
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Millet One
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