Everest South Side - 8848m
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Waldemar
Niclevicz - Everest/Lhotse  
Waldemar and
Irivan summited Lhotse on October 5th, at 0930 hrs Nepal time.
They attempted to summit Everest the day before, but were turned back by
an avalanche and then by high winds
Waldemar
Niclevicz is an Everest, K2, and Seven Summits veteran. He along
with several others will attempt to climb both Everest and Lhotse.
After summiting Everest, they will go back down to the South Col and
then go for Lhotse. Should they not scale Lhotse from the Col,
they will return to Base Camp and make a separate attempt. To make
sure they have enough time to do both, they started their expedition on
August 8th.
Other expedition members Irivan
Gustavo Burda, 31, Marcelo Saints, 31, Alir Wellner, 41, and Pablo
Souza, 44.
http://www.niclevicz.com.br
(in Portuguese)
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Korean Everest Expedition
Expedition
leader: Lee-Se Jung
Climbers, Lee- Wooo Kyung; Park Ju Youl
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Team Ukyo
The team
attempted to summit, but was not able to make it
Having climbed
Cho Oyu last Fall, Ukyo Katayama, a racecar driver turned mountaineer
will be climbing Everest from the South Side. His expedition
leader is Mr. Eiichi UsamiTrekking
Agency: Cosmo Trek
http://www.team-ukyo.com
(in Japanese)
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Lhotse - 8516m
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Japanese Meiji University Alpine Club
Takahashi Kazuhiro,
Mori Shoichi, Lhakpa Rita Sherpa summited on 3rd october 2002 at 9.30
a.m
Tichiro Takahashi will lead
a team from the Meiji University Alpine Club for an attempt on Lhotse
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Cho Oyu - 8201m
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The Soul Ride
Emilo and Marc
left Cho Oyu when their permits ended unable to summit
Freeridespirit.com's
Emilio Previtali
and Mark Zaffaroni will attempt to Snowboard down Cho Oyu.
Emilio is a triathlete, avid Mountain Biker, and the Editor in-chief of
Italy's Free.Rider magazine. http://www.freeridespirit.com
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Chinese-Japanese All-Women Expedition
On
October 1, Japanese lady climbers Masami Onda (35), Sumiko Kashiwa (35)
and Mie Okubo (30), Chinese lady climbers Ji Ji (32), La Ji (33) and
Gong Jue La Mu (20) ascended Cho Oyu.
On October 2, Japanese lady climber Michiyo Adachi (29) and Chinese lady
climbers Kui Sang (45), Cang La (23) and Ge San La Zhen (21) together
with three climbing Sherpas ascended Cho Oyu as well.
Japanese
members:
Expedition leader: Shiori Hashimoto - GII '88
Climbing leader: Masami Onda
Other members: Rika Ide, Sumiko Kashiwa, Mie Okubo, Michiyo AdachiChinese
members:
Expedition leader: Kui Sang; Everest '90, '99, Shisha Pangma Central Peak '94
Climbing leader: JI JI; Everest '99
Other members: La Ji, Cang La, Ge San La Zhen, Gong Jue La Mu
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International Cho Oyu Expedition
Sanz,
Jose Ignacio, Spain
Llopis, Cano Juan Jose, Spain
Otamend,i Pastor Jose Javier, Spain
Briongos, Dela Fuente Francisco, Spain
McMillan, Jason James, Britain
Trekking Agency: Monterosa Treks & Expedition
http://www.monterosa-nepal.com
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Berguedana Cho Oyu Expedition
4 out of 7
members successfully summited without the use of sherpas or oxygen.
Expedition
members:
Joan Casòliva, Joan Cunill, Teresa Roca, Ramon Sala, Eduardo Sánchez,
Quico Soler, and Josep Cañellas
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Cho Oyu Expedition
Juanito Oiarzabal
(one of only ten men, who ascended all the 14 8000er Main-Peaks) and
Juan Vallejo (his fifth 8000er) plus the first two climbers from the
Canary Islands, who ascended any 8000er, Juan Diego Amador and Javier
Cruz, ascended Cho Oyu Oct 5 , 2002 at
8h30 NT
Juanito
Oiarzabal, who is one of only ten people, who summited all the fourteen 8000er Main-Peaks is leading an expedition to Cho Oyu this autumn. He is accompanied by Juan Vallejo and two climbers from the Canary Islands, who hope to be the first from there to summit any of the 8000ers. Their names are Juan Diego Amador and Javier Cruz.
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Basque Cho Oyu Expedition
Edurne Pasaban
(her third 8000er), José Ramón Agirre ascended Cho Oyu Oct
5 , 2002 at 8h30 NT Miss
Edurne Pasaban and 5 others from the Basque region will be attempting
Cho Oyu. The others are José Ramón Agirre, Miss Raquel Pérez, Willy Barbier, Fernando Gonzalez and Jesús María Agirre.
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ICEAXE.tv Snowboard Descent
John
Griber went home after suffering from HAPE and Doug Stoup joined him
after suffering from a bad stomach illness. Kris Erickson went on
to summit.
Doug
Stoup, John Griber and Kris Erickson plan to climb and snowboard the
mountain August 23rd through October 11th.
Doug
is an ExplorersWeb featured athlete...
http://www.iceaxe.tv
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Annapurna - 8091m
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International Annapurna
Expedition
Abele Blanc,
who already has 13 of the 14 8000er Main-Peaks to his belt tries to finish his challenge, leading this expedition. He is accompanied by fellow Italians Christian Kuntner (11 of the 14), Silvio Mondinelli (7) and Mario Merelli (2). Also with them are Spanish Aragonese climber Carlos Pauner (2) and Swiss climber Jacob Reichen (2). Together they attempt to repeat Iñurrategi's and Lafaille's route-variation from last spring.
http://www.gnaromondinelli.it
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Dhaulagiri - 8167m
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Solo Climb
Iñaki Otxoa
de Olza will attempt to climb Dhaulagiri solo.
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Shisha Pangma - 8027m
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Canadian Himalayan Expedition
Steve Adamson
will lead this Everest primer. Shisha Pangma will serve as a warm up
for a slated Everest attempt in 2004.
Other members: Tony McDowell - Doctor; Don Adamson, Norm Watts, Greg Hull,
Greg Snow, Mike Triggs, Brian Merry, Eric Morin, and Mike Dorse
ExplorersWeb
feature story on Steve and his team...
http://www.mteverest.ca
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Hiking Center of
Banyoles 50th Anniversary Shisha Pangma Expedition
Team members:
Josep Aliu, Miquel Castells, Xavi Combis, Joan Cardona, Toti Bes, Alfons
Gaston, David Pujol and Josep Espinosa.
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Catalunyan Shisha Pangma Expedition
Team members:
Emili Duran, Joan Porta and Joan Lluís Benítez. All are members of the Catalunyan Hiking Club and have
climbed in America, Africa, Europe and Asia.
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Italian Shisha Pangma Expedition
Team memebrs:
Claudio Chenet, Bergamaschi, and Loretta Deru
Trekking Agency: Monterosa Treks & Expedition
http://www.monterosa-nepal.com
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