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Earlier: Arnold live WAV file , mpg file (same dispatch)
Dear Everestnews reader, Yesterday 7 april we finally flew to Tumlingtar. Our flight was scheduled at noon, but we had to wait on the waiter in Tumlingtar to improve. There where too much clouds hanging around the airport. There are no good navigation systems on the small airports here in Nepal, so if you can't see the runway you can't land. Luckely after a couple hours the weather cleared and we where able to go! It's only a 45 min flight, but our staff whent by truck and took them 2 days! Tumlingtar airport is just a grasstrip in the middle of some hills. A quiet warm place, because it's only 450m high. After a nice Nepali meal and some beers we spent our first night in a village again and everybody had a good quiet sleep. No sound of traffic, planes, music. It's good to be out of Kathmandu!
In the morning we drove by Landcruiser to Chichilla at 1850m, before this was a 2 day walk, but now with the dirtroad only 3 hours. We met all our staff there and they prepered a nice lunch for us. Tonight we will sleep in tents, these are going to be our home for the next 60 days! So evreything is fine, tommorow we will walk to Num at 1530m, the first of the eight days of walking to base camp........... Arnold Coster, expedition leader
Hello Everestnews readers,
Today I went to the ministery of tourism for our expedition
briefing and we received our permit.
So everything is fine and we will be on the way soon.
Saturday all the climbing staff, Tunc Findik and me went to
Lama Gyek Ombila Rimpoche to get our expedition blessed and pray for a safe
passage on the mountain.
Our staff will leave 5am Monday morning by truck to
Tumlingtar. First they will drive Hilli, a 16 hour drive and the next day to
tumlingtar. Here they will arrange transport to Chichila for us. We can
drive there over a small trail by 4x4 and pick up truck. From Chichila we
will start trekking to Makalu base, this will take another eight days.
All members will arrive tomorrow, Monday, morning and
afternoon. We will have a group dinner in the evening, but most of us
already met before. Wednesday we will fly to Tumlingtar and catch up with
the staff...............
Arnold Coster, expedition leader
Dear Everest news readers, I am in Kathmandu for two weeks already preparing the Makalu expedition. Already met Miss Hawley and got the latest information about the mountains condition and the other teams who are going to be up there. Things are going well and I am almost finished packing. We roughly packed 2500 kg of gear meaning: tents, stoves, food, ropes, tables and chairs. We will have a full base camp setup with a big heated dinning tent, 2 toilets, shower, kitchen and staff dining. Electricity from solar power and even a projector to see some movies when we have to hang out in Base camp in case of bad weather or when we are resting. Everything is going to be carried up to Base camp by men power. For that we will need about 80 porters who will carry 30kg each for 7 days! These guys are though!
We have a strong international team of climbers all of us climbed multiple 8000m peaks before and for half the team climbing is their job. Arnold Coster, the Netherlands, expedition leader Tunc Findic, Turkish Haris Kiriakakis, Greek Mor Doron, Israeli Guntis Brands, Swiss Adele Pennington, British Ron Rutland, British We will be supported by the strongest Sherpa team I could find. Dawa Sherpa from Solu Khumbu, Climbing Sirdar Wongchu Sherpa from Solu Khumbu, high altitude climber Lakpha Sherpa from Makalu, high altitude climber Kanchha Sherpa from Solu Khumbu, high altitude climber Pemba Chhhiri Sherpa, from Solu Khumbu, high altitude climber Sange Sherpa from Makalu, head cook Phuri Sherpa from Solukhumbu, assistant cook Monday all members will arrive in Kathmandu and the plan is to fly to Tumlingtar on the 7th and start our expedition. Stay tuned for more news, Arnold Coster Background: Outware treks & Expeditions is a family company run by Dutchmen Arnold Coster and his Nepali wife Maya Sherpa. Arnold and Maya go married in2003 and since then they lead many successful expedition and treks together. Both of them are expert climbers with many ascents on their name. They are friendly relax persons treating their clients as true guests. Because their country backgrounds they have extensive contacts in the east and the west, which you will see back in the quality of the treks and expeditions! Many of the world famous Sherpa’s are their family members and work together with them. Arnold Coster
During our treks 6000m,7000m and 8000m expeditions, you will benefit from the leadership provided by Arnold Coster, fluent English and Dutch speaker. He is a relaxed, considerate and thoughtful person; an expert leader; technical expert and a highly-skilled professional who specializes in getting people to the summit and back down in 100 percent safety. He has extensive knowledge in recognizing and treating altitude sickness and other common health problems during treks & expeditions. He is a good communicator, a great motivator, and has a positive attitude. Arnold is at home in any terrain, with any kind of group. He is an expert technical rock and ice climber. Arnold Coster's first Himalayan climb was on 8,156 meter-high Manaslu, but he led numerous expeditions. Arnold has led 5 successful summits on Everest (north and South) and 4 successful expeditions to Cho Oyu, but also Shishapangma, Lhakpa Ri, Mustag Ata, Khan Tengri, Mt Kenia and Kilimanjaro Maya Sherpa
Maya is our connection with the Sherpa people. She is also a well accomplished high altitude climber. She was the first Nepali woman on numerous peaks as: Ama Dablam 6812m, Pumori 7112m, Cho Oyu 8211m, Khan Tengri 7010m. She has two accents of Everest also, from the north and the south. She is a relax person with good communication skills, which helps us to get the best out of our staff. She is a trained leader from the Nepalese Mountaineering Association, so she has solid technical skills. Maya is also trying to do something back for her country; she is active in many NGO’s and wants to be an example for other woman in Nepal. Maya led expeditions to Everest, Cho Oyu, Shishapangma, Lothse and Khan Tengri Outware treks & Expeditions (p)Ltd. Nepal Mobile: +977 9803689273 Holland Mobile: +31 (0) 620236551
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