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Adventure Consultants
Makalu
2001 Expedition
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Expedition
Leader: Guy Cotter - New Zealand
Team
members:
Robert Stevens - USA
Jean-Claude Latombe - USA / France
Keith Kerr - UK / Hong Kong
Jim Milne - USA / NZ
Bruce Hasler - New Zealand
Mark Williams - NZ/ UK
Bryan
Moore - New Zealand
and
Takashi Ozaki - Japan / Hong Kong
Bruce
Hasler is also a mountain guide, Bruce and Bryan work
for Adventure Consultants in New Zealand. Bruce is
joining the expedition for some extra training while
Bryan is part of the National Geographic Television
film crew.
Heading
our Sherpa staff is Ang Tshering Sherpa who is the
Expedition Sirdar, he is assisted at base camp by
cooks Dawa Nuru and Dawa Thundu. Lhakpa Dorje Sherpa
is the Climbing Sardar. Lhakpa Dorje has been on two
expeditions to Makalu and has summitted before. The
other Climbing Sherpas are Mingma, Tenzing Gyaltsen
and Pema Rinzing.
Hamish
Emerson - Hamish is a cameraman and is part of the
National Geographic Television film crew. For the
duration of the expedition he will be filming at base
camp for the 'Extreme Force' documentary.
The
itinerary is;
MAKALU - 29 March to 30 May 2001
29 March
Arrive Kathmandu, Nepal
31 March
Final briefing at M.O.T.
1 April
Fly to Tumlingtar
1-12 April
Trek to Base Camp
14 Apr - 11 May Establish camps and acclimatize
11-15 May
Rest at Base Camp
15-22 May
Summit Climb
23 May
Clean up and depart BC
23-27 May
Trek to Tumlingtar
28 May
Fly to Kathmandu
30 May
Depart for home
EverestNews.com
will carry full dispatches from the
Adventure Consultants Makalu
2001 Expedition. This will be the third year
that EverestNews.com has carried expedition reports
from Adventure Consultants !
Dispatches
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Other
Spring 2001 Makalu Expeditions
Winter
Makalu Expedition 2000/2001: Krzysztof
Wielicki takes on Makalu in the Winter ! Complete
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