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A successful season
After having had a successful Everest expedition, the Lhotse team also added to Himalayan Experience’s accomplishment this season with three members, two guides and four Sherpas summiting the fourth highest mountain in the world on 26 May at around 5am. “The views from up there were magnificent – especially of Mount Everest,” said Adrian. The summit team consisted of Jing Wang, Liang, Billi (‘the Blogger’), our guides Adrian and Narly and Phurba Tashi, Tashi Tshering, Nigma Chhiri and Lhakpa Nuru, who reached the top of Lhotse in perfect weather. “I think you picked the best day of the season,” Russell said over the radio when we called him from the summit.
Read moreOFFICIAL STATEMENT REGARDING THE RESCUE ON LHOTSE ON MAY 22ND 2011
Everest-Lhotse Base Camp. 24th May 2011
The expedition teams of' Endesa-Desafío Edurne Pasaban 14+1', IMG, Himex, Patagonian Brothers and all of the people who took part in the above mentioned operation, would like to publicly make the following points with respect to the rescue of the Spanish alpinists Manuel "Lolo" González, Roberto Rodrigo and Isabel García which took place on the 22nd of May on Lhotse.
1. All those who participated in the rescue would like to make public our commitment to solidarity and rescues in the mountains.
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Reunion at Base Camp
On Saturday late morning, the Everest climbers and guides had got back down safely and were reunited with their Lhotse mates at base camp – apart from a few Sherpas, including our Sirdar Phurba Tashi, who are staying at Camp II for the next expedition to Lhotse. “My God, it was quite steep,” said Adam while Russell handed him a glass of bubbly. Slowly but surely everyone trickled in and the proud summiteers looked very happy with their achievement. “I can’t believe I am actually back here,” said Martin pointing out that he was still amazed how he did it. “The wind was very cold and I kept on trying to get my breathing right,” Rene explained while he was sitting in the sun having a sip of champagne.
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Summit Success
On Friday, 20 May 2011, eight Himalayan Experience clients, three guides and 10 Sherpas reached the top of the world between 5.50am and 7am. “The weather was great and fortunately the team did not have to deal with a lot of wind,” Russell said looking tired after having been up for most of the night following his team on the radio.
The team left the South Col at 12.25am and being a very strong group they were quickly confronted with other expeditions that had left hours ahead of them but were still inching up towards the first landmark, called ‘Balcony’. “Unfortunately we could not really use the rope that was fixed to the balcony as our team was stuck behind some slower climbers. So the Sherpas short-roped their individual client and overtook them,” Russell explained.
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Everest Crew reaches South Col
“Everyone has arrived here at Camp IV - there is a light wind and it is beautiful,” we heard Adrian say over the radio on Thursday afternoon. The same morning at 6am, the Everest team left Camp III to make their way up towards the South Col. Their path took them via the Yellow Band, a rock band that sits between Camp III and IV and requires a little bit of mixed climbing over rock and ice. For the first time during the expedition, the team used supplementary oxygen during the night and will continue to do so until they return from the summit to Camp III. “Everyone is feeling good and we are all psyched to go to the top tomorrow morning,” Adrian continued.
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