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May 2, 2008
- Good Tidings for Mountaineers - Nepal
Govt. Reduces Mountaineering Permit Fees
The Government of Nepal has announced heavy
reductions on all the Mountaineering Peak
Permit Fees for the permitted Himalayan
peaks in Nepal. The revisions reflect a
reduction of 50 % during the autumn season,
and 75% for the summer and winter seasons
including Mt. Everest effective from 16 July
2008. Nepal Government has also announced
waiver of permit fees for five years from 16
July 2008 for all peaks in Mid-West and Far
West Nepal. This is great piece of news for
all mountaineers and climbers, because now
they have access to some of the greatest
mountains at a nominal permit fee.
May 1, 2008 - KT Baruntse
Group move to Baruntse BC
The KT Baruntse Group, after completing
their acclimatization climb in Mera Peak,
proceeded to Baruntse BC today.
April 30, 2008 - Kipling
Travels Baruntse Group Summitted Mera Peak
5 members and 2 sherpas of Kipling travels
Baruntse Expedition Group led by Mr.Bo
Belvedere Christensen successfully reached
the summit of the Mera Peak. Among the three
summits of Mera Peak, they climbed the real
summit.
April 29, 2008 - 7
Summit Team Reaches Camp 2
Today the 7 Summit team members reached Camp
2. The team shall climb down to Base Camp
tomorrow and rest there the following day
(Thursday) . On Friday they will start their
climb to Locuche. On Saturday they will stay
at the Lobuche Base camp and if everything
goes well, they plan to reach high camp by
Sunday. On Monday, i.e.5th May they plan to
do the summit of Lobuche East Peak.
April 28, 2008 - Saad Naseer
(USA) - The Last Member of Peak Freaks
Everest Expedition Arrives in Nepal
Saad Naseer from Chicago, USA, a member of
the Peak Freaks Everest Expedition group
arrived in Kathmandu yesterday. He took a
flight to Lukla this morning at 7:15 a.m.
From Lukla he trekked to Jorsale, and
reached the place at 11a.m.
He is the last team member to arrive in
Nepal. Saad's mission is to set a record for
the rapid Everest ascent. His goal is to
climb officially from the Base Camp on May
10- make it to the summit and reach the base
camp by May 27- a rapid ascent of 17 days &
30 days from Kathmandu – the summit – and
back to Kathmandu.
He has spent the past five weeks sleeping in
a High Altitude sleeping chamber designed by
a Canadian based company named Altitude
Tech. According to the company, sleeping in
the tent will change Saad's oxygen
saturation slowly in his blood stream
helping him to acclimatize well before he
even arrives at the mountain. If this proves
to be true, it may be that climbers won't
need to take so much time away to attain the
acclimatization needed to climb Everest.
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