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 Updated Mountaineering Expedition list likely to visit Pakistan in summer 2008


Copyright© Billy Pierson

Dear Everest News Readers, 

Please find below an up to date list of mountaineering Expedition likely to visit Pakistan in summer 2008 with courtesy of Mr. Saad Tariq Saddique - Secretary Alpine Club of Pakistan. Please remember this is not final members list, as expedition organizer add more names when they are available neither this is not fixed arrival date. Until now 4 trekking permit has been issued with wishes of happy holidays to trekkers and 2 mountaineering expedition from Austria and Italy for Spantik has been left for Skardu.

File
No
Name of Expeditions Name
 of
Country
Name of
 Peak
Name of Leader& Members Sex Age Nationality Arrival Date
1                
2 USA Link Sar Expedition 2008 USA Link Sar (7041),
K-13 (6666)
1. Steven Swenson (L)
2. Mark Richey
3. Douglas K. Chabot
M
M
M
54
50
44
USA
USA
USA
6-Jul-08
3 Austrian Tiroler Spantik Expedition 2008
(P-01)
Austria Spantik (7027),
Nanga Parbat (8125)
1. Gerhad Wegmair (L)
2. Bernhard Steidl
3. Hermann Arnold
4. Bernhard Mauracher
M
M
M
M
46
23
43
29
Austria
Austria
Austria
Austria
2-May-08
4 DAV Summit Club Nanga Parbat Expedition 2008 Germany Nanga Parbat (8125) 1. Luis Stitzinger (L)
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
M 49 Germany 22-May-08
5 Polish & Slovakia G-I,II,III & Broad Peak Expedition 2008 Polish &
Slovakia
G-I (8068)
G-II (8035)
G-III (7952)
Broad Peak (8016)
1. Jozef Kopold (L)
2. Vladimir Plulik
3. Ivan Miklos
4. Ms Knizka Miroslav
5. Tomas Karas
6. Martin Gablik
7. Ms Kinga Baranowska
8. Piotr Pustelnik
9. Piotr Morawski
10. Peter Hamor
11.
12.
13.
14.
M
M
M
F
M
M
F
M
M
M
27
47
47
32
37
55
32
58
22
43
Slovakia
Slovakia
Slovakia
Slovakia
Slovakia
Slovakia
Polish
Polish
Polish
Polish
15-May-08
6 Slovakia K-7 Expedition 2008 Slovakia K-7 (6934) 1. Ales Cesen (L)
2. Nejc Cesen
3. Rok Blagus
4. Rok Sisernik
5. Mihael Hrastelj
M
M
M
M
M
25
23
25
30
22
Slovakia
Slovakia
Slovakia
Slovakia
Slovakia
Slovakia
1-Aug-08
7 USA International K-2 Expedition 2008 USA K2 (8611) 1. Michael Farris (L)
2. Paul Walters
3. Christopher Warner
4. Fredrick Strang
5. Christopher Klinke
6. Eric Meyer
M
M
M
M
M
M
52
43
30
31
38
44
USA
Australian
Australian
Sweden
USA
USA
10-Jun-08
8 Austrian, Germany International Nangaparbat Expedition 2008
(P-02)
Austria, Germany Nanga Parbat (8125) 1. Lukas Furtenbach (L)
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
M 31 Austria 2-Jun-08
9 New Zealand Women's First Ascent of Bekka Brakki Chhok Expedition 2008 New Zealand Bekka Brakai
(6940)
1. Ms Patricia Deavoll (L)


2. Malcolm Bass
F


M
50


44
New Zealand

British
1-Jun-08
10 Russia Broad Peak Expedition
2008
Russia Broad Peak (8048),
G-I
(6068)
& G-II (6035)
1. Valery Babanov (L)
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
M 44 Russian 5-Jun-08
11 Singaore K-2 Expedition
2008
Singapore K-2 (8611) 1. Robert Goh EE Kiat (L)
2. Edwin Siew Cheok Wai
3. Ang Chhiring Sherpa
4. Jamling Bhote
M
M
M
M
42
39
47
30
Singapore
Singapore
Nepal
Nepal
16-Jun-08
12 Norit K-2 Expedition 2008 Netherlands K-2 (8611) 1. Wilco Van Rooijen (L)
2. Cas van de Gevel
3. Roeland van Oss
4. Gerard Mc Donnell
5. Pemba Gyalje Sherpa
6.Jelle Staleman
M
M
M
M
M
M
39
42
30
38
32
28
Dutch
Dutch
Dutch
Irish
Nepal
Dutch
18-May-08
13 Korea K-2 Abruzzi Spur Expedition 2008 Korea K-2 (8611) 1. Kim jae Soo (L)
2. Ms. Go Mi Sun
3. Kim Hyo Gyeong
4. Lee Sung Rok
5. Park Kyeong Hyo
6. Hwang Dong Jin
7. Kim Seong Sang
8. Jumic Bhote
9.
10.
11.
12
13.
14.
M
F
M
M
M
M
M
M
47
42
33
28
28
44
47
30






 
Korea
Korea
Korea
Korea
Korea
Korea
Korea
Nepal




 
26-May-08
14 Russian Skyang Kangry Expedition 2008 Russia Skyang Kangry (7357) 1. Nikolay Zakharov (L)
2. Belyaev Evageny
3. Arkhipov Vladimir
4. Yanushevich Alexander
5. Mikhalitsin Alexander
6. Loginov Igor
7. Kukharev Aleksandr
8. Khbostenko Oleg
9. Cherezov Sergey
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
55
25
53
44
42
23
37
35
37
Russian
Russian
Russian
Russian
Russian
Russian
Russian
Russian
Russian
4-Jun-08
15 Slovenian Mustagh Tower Expedition 2008 Slovakia Mustagh Tower (7273) 1. Pavle Kozjek (L)
2. Gregor Kresal
3. Dejan Miskovic
M
M
M
49
39
29
Slovenian
Slovenian
Slonenian
4-Jun-08
16 International G-I & II Expedition 2008 Denmark G-I (8068)
G-II (8035)
1. Jan Elleby (L)
2. Erik Molgard
3. Henning Beck
4. Jacob Klaris Jensen
5. Avtandil Tsintsadze
6. Bidzina Gujabidze
7. Tunc Findik
8. Urth Jakob
9. Teofil Vlad
10. Marius Gane
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
45
62
62
29
45
48
36
32
26
39
Danish
Danish
danish
Danish
Georgian
Georgian
Turkish
Danish
Romanian
Romanian
22-Jun-08
17 Belarusian Broad Peak Expedition 2008 Belarus Broad Peak (8047), 1. Tsialpuk Uladzimir (L)
2. Belavus Siargei
3. Kahan Uladzilau
4. Melnikov Mikhail
5. Lutou Viktar
6. Lutov Anatoly
7. Statevich Serguei
8. Dubrovskiy Aleksandr
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
50
47
38
46
45
42
41
47
Belarus
Belarus
Belarus
Russia
Belarus
RB, MINSK
Belarus
Belarus
10-Jun-08
18 Japan Diran Expedition 2008 Japan Diran (7273) 1. Hiroshi Kawasaki (L) M 44 Japanese 28-Jul-08
19 Italian Link Sar Expedition 2008 Italy Link Sar (7041), 1. Giordani Maurizio (L)
2. Gianluca Maspes
3. Massimo Faletti
M
M
M
49
36
39
Italy
Italy
italy
1-Jun-08
20 Polish Gasherbrum -I  & II Expedition 2008 Poland G-I (8068)
G-II (8035)
1. Ryszard Jan Pawlowski (L)
2. Sylwia Duda
3. Agnieszka Gasowska
4. Lucja Anna Kalisz
5. Krystyna Czok
6. Andrzej Zyczkowski
7. Szczesny Henryk
8. Gawrzyal
9. Rafal Ferdyn
10. Malgorzata loboz
11. Nowak Pawel
12. Murawicz grzegorz
13. Sikorzewski
14. Jerzy Jozef Rozen
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
57
35
35
34
50
32
58
53
42
45
49
47
36
59
Polish
Polish
Polish
Polish
Polish
Polish
Polish
Polish
Polish
Polish
Polish
Polish
Polish
Polish
22-Jun-08
21 South Africa Gyewoo G-I Expedition 2008 South Africa G-I (8068) 1. Yoon Jeong Weon (L)
2. Park Yeul Joo
3. Hwang Kyo Chan
4. Kim jong Cheol
5.
6.
M
M
M
M
59
45
32
21
South Africa
South Africa
South Africa
South Africa
20-Jun-08
22 USA/Italy. The North Face Ski & Snowboard G-II Expedition 2008 USA/Italy G-II (8035) 1. John Griber (L)
2. Hilaree Janet O'Neill
3. Ms Giulia Monego
4. Kristoffer Erickson
5. Catherine Clare Rigby
6. Ingrid Backstrom
7. Colyer Garre
8. Kimberly Neff Havell
9. Emilio Previtali
M
M
F
M
M
M
M
M
M
42
35
27
34
38
30
35
35
41
USA
USA
Italian
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
Italian
1-Jun-08
23 UK / Cnadian Distaghil Sar Expedition 2008 UK