Everest 2005: Everest Hornbein Couloir team in Kodari
Apr 6, 2005 18: 15 EST
A Czech team of 4 guys and two women plan to attempt the Everest Hornbein couloir this season.
Josef Simunek, 40, has climbed the summits of Shisha Pangma (1995), Makalu (1998) and Lhotse (1999). Sona Bostikova, 33, has done Makalu (1998) and Lhotse (1999). Josef Moravek (43), has climbed Lhotse. Ivan Foltyn, Peter Hnojna and Lucie Orsulova are all out for their first 8000er summit.
Latest dispatch from Kodari
They have already made several dispatches on their website, where they report a smooth flight to Kathmandu from Prague, and a small delay in plans to avoid Maoist trouble.
Their latest report is from their rest in Kodari village, at the border crossing between Nepal and the communist China. "There is a peace in the streets of Kodari - or better said in the single street which goes through the village - only wheels of barbed wire lying along the street and the police closing hour at 8 p.m. reminds us that not everything is as it should be."
Image of Stephen Koch attempting the Hornbein Couloir in 2003, courtesy of Jimmy Chin.
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