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Autumn 2003 expeditions
Updated: September 15, 2003
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Everest North Ridge -
Tibet 8848m
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American
Snowboard expedition - 
Stephen is on the final leg of his quest to
snowboard each of the "7 Summits". Everest is the final
mountain and this expedition plans to end with a bang. The hope is
to complete the first successful descent of the steep, narrow, and very
direct Hornbein couloir. This is the same line that
took the life of snowboarder Marco Siffredi, just a year ago.
Expedition members: Stephen Koch, Jimmy Chin, and Eric Henderson (Base
Camp Manager)
http://www.stephenkoch.com
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| Everest South East
Ridge - Nepal - 8848m |
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Berg Adventures International -
Four-time Everest
summiter Wally Berg will be leading a commercial expedition up the
traditional South Col route. One of the climbers on the team,
Maegan Carney, will be attempting to become the first woman to ski
from the summit.
Expedition Members: Wally Berg, David Burger, Maegan
Carney, Brad Johnson, Garry Porter, Ang Temba Sherpa (Sirdar), Leila
Silveira (Support Manager), and Dennis Comfort (Communications)
http://www.bergadventures.com
http://www.maeganski.com
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| Kangchenjunga
- Nepal - 8586m |
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Catalan UES Kangchenjunga South Side expedition -
A five member Catalan
team will be attempting to climb Kangchenjunga from the South
side. Climbers from the UES team have previously summited
Manaslu in 1999 and Gasherbrum II in 2001.
Expedition Members: Emili Marquilles, Antonio Montalbán de la Torre, Josep Noguera Pous, Antoni Oriol i Canas, and Roger Sellent
Cirera.
http://www.expes-ues.el.ub.es
(in Catalan)
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Romanian Kangchenjunga North Side expedition
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| Nuptse East
- Nepal - 7855m |
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Three times a charm for Babanov? -
If at first you don't
succeed, try and try again. This will be Babanov's third
expedition to the elusive Nuptse East Pillar. It is the highest
known unclimbed peak. Last fall he came with his wife to BC and
climbed solo - an expiring permit and poor weather turned him
around. Then this past spring he brought with him Vladimir
Suviga and the duo came within 400m of the summit before weather again
threw a knot in things. Now, back again for the third time,
Babanov will be climbing with Yury Koshelenko.
http://www.Babanov.com
(Russian)
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| Cho Oyu -
Tibet - 8188m |
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Adventure Consultants Cho Oyu -
Mike Roberts and Dean Staples will be
leading for AC on Cho Oyu this fall.
http://www.adventureconsultants.co.nz |
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Amical Alpin Cho Oyu
Ralf Dujmovit's outfit is guiding a small
expedition on Cho Oyu this fall. Marcel Kraz, who has successfully guided on GII in 2000
will be the expedition leader.
http://www.amical.de
(German)
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Alpine Ascents -
American commercial outfit, Alpine Ascents,
will be leading four clients on Cho Oyu.
Expedition members: Andy Tyson, Eric
Larson, Perry Solmonson, Dan Buck, Holt Hunter, Matt McDonald, Lhakpa
Rita Sherpa, Tshering Sherpa (cook), Gopal (cook)
http://www.alpineascents.com |
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Ciudad de Huesca Cho Oyu -
(Spanish)
Climbers from the Pena Guara club in Huesca
Spain are going for Cho Oyu.
Expedition members: Joaquin Araguas, Jose Valdivia 'Pepin', Fernando
Peralta, Teodoro Palacin, Cesar Gracia, and Candido Puyal.
http://www.p-guara.com/ochomil/chooyu.htm
(Spanish)
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Earth Treks Cho Oyu -
- CANCELLED
Two of the Earth Treks crew will be
attempting Cho Oyu this fall. Adrian Ballinger is Earth Trek's
Mountaineering Program Director and has been with the outfit for seven
years. Along with him will be Nelson Laur, who is director of the
Outdoor Climbing School at Earth Treks.
Expedition members: Adrian Ballinger and Nelson Laur
http://www.EarthTreksClimbing.com
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Juanito Oiarzabal Cho Oyu
Juanito Oiarzabal, the 6th person to summit all 14, 8000ers and recent GI
summiter is off for Cho Oyu this fall. Should he make it, Juanito
will tie Ang Rita's current record of 19, 8000er summiter. At the
top of GI this past summer he tied up with Messner on his 18th summit.
http://www.juanitooiarzabal.com
(Spanish)
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International Mountain Guides -
IMG will be leading a large team on Cho Oyu
this autumn:
Expedition member: Chris Booher (Co-leader), Mike Hamill (Co-leader), Garrett Madison (Asst. guide), Justin Merle (Asst. guide), Bill
Burd, Nancy Norris, Tamara Darnow, Peter Ford, James Harter, Ignacio
Piedra, Ken Goodwin, Mark Weinberg, Lanta Olito, Josef Stanzl, Adam
Christopherson, and Lindon Seed.
Sherpa Team: Ang Jangbu Sherpa (Co-leader/Sirdar), Panuru Sherpa, Phu Nuru Sherpa, Mingma Ongel Sherpa, Ang Passang Sherpa, Da Nuru Sherpa, Karma Rita Sherpa, Pemba Tshiri Sherpa (Head cook), Kaji Sherpa (Asst cook).
http://www.mountainguides.com
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Himex Cho Oyu -
Russell Brice's commercial outfit will be
guiding a big crew of international climbers on Cho Oyu.
Expeditions members: Russell Brice (leader), Richard Mansfield (guide), Brian Tilley (guide), Makoto Otake, Darius Vaiciulis, Julian Haszard, David Hoile, Ian Wiper, Tom Souders, Robert Gambi, Joanne Gambi, Mogens Jensen, Maxime Chaya, Kevin Goldstien, Yachio Suzuki, Shinji Tamura, Hiroyuki Kuraoka, Shokichi Saito, Toshihiko Tamura, Kazumi Shirai, and Takenori Yoshida.
http://www.himex.com
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| Jannu -
Nepal - 7710m |
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Big Walls - Russian Routes -
This mostly Russian
crew has its sights set on 12 of the world's gnarliest big
walls. They've currently accomplished six of the twelve and will
be going for Jannu's unclimbed wall. For a warm-up, the team
traveled to Tien Shan where they successfully summited Khan Tengri.
Climbers: Alexander Odintsov, Alexander Ruchkin, Mikhail Mikhailov, Nickolay Totmjanin, Alexey Bolotov, Mikhail Davy, Mikhail Pershin, High-altitude camera-man - Ivan Samoilenko, and Doctor - Mikhail
Bakin.
http://www.Russianclimb.com
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| Peak 38 -
Nepal - 7591m |
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Czech Peak 38 ski expedition - (in
Czech).
An 8 member Czech
team will be attempting to climb and ski Peak 38, located just 6km or
so from Everest. 6 members will be climbing and 2 will be their
media support in Base Camp.
http://peak38.mountainski.cz/ (Czech)
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| Shisha
Pangma - Tibet - 8027m |
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Gnaro Mondinelli and friends - -
will be up in early Sept.
Gnaro and Mario
Merelli will pair up again along with a small group of Italian friends
to go for Shisha Pangma this fall season. Gnaro and Mario
climbed together and summited Kangchenjunga this past spring.
Gnaro has previously climbed on Shisha Pangma, but only reached its
Central peak.
http://www.gnaromondinelli.it
(Italian)
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Project Himalaya
Jamie McGuinness will
be leading a group on Shisha Pangma this Fall. Jamie just
recently summited Everest this past Spring on May 31st, equaling the latest
pre-monsoon season Everest summit.
http://www.project-himalaya.com
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Himex Shisha Pangma
Russell Brice's
outfit will be running a second expedition this fall on Shisha
Pangma.
http://www.himex.com
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