Mt. Everest 2005: Apa Sherpa summits for the 15th time!!: To Climb Everest For A Cure Summits 3

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Update May 31st: Apa Sherpa Summits for the 15th time!

As per the report of Liaison officer and Team Leader, the following 1 member  and 2 High Altitude Workers of  Everest Climbing for a Cure Expedition team has been successful to scale 8848 meter high Mt. Everest on 31st May, 2005 at 6:30 am.

31st May, 2005

1.  Mr. John Christopher Gray (36 Yrs), Member, Self Employed, Westwood, New Jersey, USA.

2.  Mr. Apa Sherpa (48 Yrs), Sirdar, Namche-7, Thame, Solukhumbu, Nepal

3.  Mr. Dawa Nuru Sherpa (40 Yrs), High Altitude Worker, Namche-7, Thame, Solukhumbu, Nepal 

The 10 members Everest Climbing for a Cure Expedition  team was permitted to climb 8848 m. high Mt. Everest from South East Ridge for the period of 75 days from 4th April, 2005

The handling agency of the Expedition Team is Asian Trekking (Pvt. Ltd.)   Kathmandu, Nepal.

Update:  May 30: This is a update from the staff at EverestNews.com, not a team update: Chuck Huss and Dan Smith are headed home. Rob Chang and John Gray continue on with a strong Sherpas team headed by the Everest legend Apa Sherpa as Expedition Sirdar. Apa is the world record holder of the most summits of Everest with 14.

Update: Friday, May 27: Rob called in his dispatch today. He said that yesterday they climbed all the way from base camp to Camp 2 in one shot. They are all in good spirits but pretty tired after such a huge effort, so they are taking a rest day today. From here, they plan to move on to Camp 3 on Saturday the 28th.

Rob Chang Everest Climber, author and motivational speaker. To book Rob e-mail

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