Early Everest
Everest in January? Well not actually climbing but the preparations are in full swing. Of note is the a much delayed Everest Peace Project run by Lance Trumbull. This team has members from Palestine, Israel, North America, India and South Africa. From their site "...celebrate our diversity and our differences, these events will focus on our commonality." Adventure Consultants looks to have a full team this year with only one spot open. Guy Cotter will be the "leader" on their expedition. I know from past experience that when Guy is there, things run much better so look for great things from this team. I also note that they are pre-announcing a price increase to $60K for their 2007 expedition.
Finally a very ambitious Everest event is coming from Tomas Olsson, a 29 year old Swede who will "...stand on the summit of Everest, take a deep breath in the thin air and point the skis toward Tibet and ski down the north face of Everest." Wow, Let's hope he fairs better than Yuichiro Miura's 1975 effort down the Lhotse face. He will be posting his progress on a new climbing site EveryTrail.net
