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It's Everest Time Again...

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Kstme
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08-14-2000

Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 9:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
For information regarding the 2004 Mt. Everest Expeditions, go to www.everestnews.com

The teams are beginning to arrive and over the next couple of weeks there should be many dispatches from Base Camp. The actual summit attempts probably won't take place until May.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 8:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm here, Kstme! I'm looking forward to hearing more about this. I love reading David Hahn's accounts of his climbs.

Kstme
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08-14-2000

Saturday, April 10, 2004 - 8:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL Ladytex! Looks like it's the two of us once again, this year!

Most expeditions are now in Base Camp. Some are beginning to move up to Camp 1. So far, all looks good for this year's go at THE MOUNTAIN! There are also updates on K2 and Annapurna on the website.

I believe, Ed Visteurs (spelled incorrectly, I know), is having a go Annapurna, which will complete his 14th peak.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Sunday, April 11, 2004 - 3:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
good luck to all the climbers :-)

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Sunday, April 11, 2004 - 9:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm hoping that they can bring some closure to the family of Sandy Irvine this year.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Sunday, April 11, 2004 - 9:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kstme, check out www.mounteverest.net , too...

Kstme
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08-14-2000

Monday, April 12, 2004 - 6:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ladytex, thanks for the link! I agree!!

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Friday, May 21, 2004 - 10:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sherpa breaks Everest record
From Journalist Akhilesh Upadhyayh
Friday, May 21, 2004 Posted: 9:45 AM EDT (1345 GMT)

KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- A Nepalese Sherpa has broken the record for the fastest ascent of Mt. Everest, scaling the world's highest mountain in 8 hours and 10 minutes.

Pemba Dorji Sherpa, 26, surpassed the previous record by more than two hours, reaching the summit at 2:10 a.m. local time on Friday (2015 GMT Thursday), officials said.

The previous record of 10 hours and 46 minutes was set last year by fellow Sherpa, Lakpa Gheylu.

Pemba and Lakpa had been competing against each other to chip away at the record.

Pemba set a new record in May 2003 with a time of 12 hours and 43 minutes but Lakpa beat that effort three days later.

Sherpas are native to the high altitude Himalayan mountains in Nepal and renowned for their mountaineering prowess.

The ascention record has been getting shorter and shorter thanks to climbers being allowed to use ropes and ladders put in place by other climbing teams.

Most climbers take two to three weeks to summit Mt. Everest because they must acclimatize to the lack of oxygen.

Pemba's record is a far cry from the more than seven weeks it took Sir Edmund Hilary and his climbing partner, the late Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, to reach the summit from their base camp on May 29, 1953.

Hillary and Tenzing had to forge their own route without the benefit of modern equipment to become the first men to stand at the top of the world.


http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/21/everest.record/index.html