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Friday, August 11. 2006
Hello all, I just realised that I never posted the full list of our 2006 7summits.com/7summits-club.com Everest summiteers, so, though a bit late, here they are, 22 people, on 3 different dates: 1.     Vladimir Lande           May 15
2.     Nima Wangde Sherpa May 15
1.     Arkadiy Ryzhenko         May 21
2.     Igor Svergun            May 21
3.     Sergey Kofanov          May 21
4.     Kirk Wheatley           May 21  (finished 7 Summits)
5.     Noel Richmond Hanna     May 21
6.     Lorenzo Gariano         May 21
7.     Slate Stern               May 21
8.     Henrik Andre Olsen    May 21  (finished 7 Summits)
9.     Mingma Sherpa         May 21
10. Furba Kushang Sherpa      May 21
11. Passang Ghyejen Sherpa    May 21
12. Mingma Gelu Sherpa        May 21
13. Renjin Sherpa                May 21
14. Pasang Sherpa               May 21
15. Jangbu Sherpa               May 21
16. Nima Sherpa                 May 21
1.     Lincoln Hall                    May 25
2.     Lakcha Sherpa               May 25
3.     Dawa Tenzing Sherpa     May 25
4.     Dorjee Sherpa                May 25
I did not get a reaction to my latest email to Mounteverest.net about what really happened and their mistakes in the oxygen calculations. Frankly, their story does not make much sense, I might post a story about the correct use and calculations of oxygen one of these days. In the meantime, the number of anonymous threats have gone down, thanks very much for many of you who have posted or emailed kind words after reading through the slanderous 'reporting'.
National Geographic Adventure will come with a reasonable objective story in their September issue, which should be on sale soon. It contains some of my images, including a 2 page spread. But the best thing is that it gives some credit to Pemba and the other Sherpas, people that have been grossly neglected by all media, especially when covering Lincoln's rescue. There are some factual mistakes in their version of Pemba's story. You will notice those when you have followed all the reports from Alex and me and other teams. I pointed them out to Nat Geo, but they said they did not want to change anything last minute and in the basis most is correct.
Also Outside will come with an Everest issue, not sure what they will write, but the mentioning of the cover lines does not promise much good: "ED DOUGLAS investigates allegations of
careless guides and ill-equipped clients and weighs in on the
circuslike atmosphere on the world's tallest peak." They have not contacted me in any way, and the magazine is not available here, so let me know what they write.. Take care, keep climbing and be safe, Best regards, Harry
Tuesday, February 28. 2006
Hi all you (armchair) mountaineers! The days are getting longer in the Northern Hemisphere and you know what that means: Everest season is coming  This year 7summits.com/7summits-club.com is back, bigger and better than ever. We have more than 20 climbers in our team and together with our Sherpas, cooks and guides we will have over 70 people on the mountain. There are some very special climbers this year. Some will be announced closer to departure (10th April), but for now I would like to introduce a very special man: Thomas Weber. Thomas will try to be the first climber that summits from Tibet while being visually impaired. Continue reading "Everest 2006: Sight On Everest"
Friday, January 20. 2006
It took some time as on Vinson there are no luxury facilities like on Everest, but here are some pictures that will give you an idea about the conditions and our recent successful expeditions.
The picture was taken after our trip, when the new and last batch of climbers cam in, but it will give you an idea of what it takes to get climbers and other people to Antarctica. The plane lands on the blue ice runway seen in front, so on wheels. It's actually composed of 3 separate pictures as the plane is so big! From Patriot Hills, we need to take a smaller plane, a Twinotter, for an amazing flight over the Antarctic wilderness. This shot was taken from the Vinson Basecamp, actually from the bathroom, so this is the view when taking a dump 
Continue reading "Pictures from the 7summits Vinson expedition."
Hi All, here is a little update of my road trip through Argentina and finally I have an opportunity to upload some pictures you might be interested in, but will do that in a separate post later today. Â Â Most climbers want to get home as soon as possible, even if they finish before the scheduled date. This really is a shame as there is so much to see in Chile & Argentina. I already spend time around Punta Arenas, seeing the pinguins and mountainbiking and had spend some days in the wonderful Torres Del Paine parque. But there is so much more to see on this beautiful continent. After our flight back to Punta Arenas we left the city quite quick and drove in Pablo's nice car to his place in Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego. Pablo prepared his things and had to do some business stuff, so Heber and I drove on and went all the way to the 'end of the world', as the people of Ushaia like to call their city. It's an incredible beautiful place, maybe not the city itself, but especially the surrounding country. Many peaks, lakes, nice hikes, a national parque, a heaven for outdoor lovers in all gradations. We drove to the parque and did a hike up Guanaco peak, starting at sealevel and going up to about 950m you get a great view of teh bay, the lakes and the many mountains. And we were pleased to find we apparently had some energy left after Antarctica as the '4 hours up, 3 hours down' hike took us a bit over 3 hours in total. We met some Israelian girls in the parque and they invited us for a ravioli meal in their guesthouse and to come dance with their friends. At night, short as it is, you can easily dance until dawn and beyond with an interesting sweaty crowd at the Nautico disco, where I -how appropriately- received the random coat receipt number 007 
Continue reading "Road trip through Argentina"
Thursday, January 12. 2006
Yesterday, after about 2 weeks, finally the day ended. A strange sensation came over us: it got dark! We flew at about 2.00 in the morning, in the Russian Ilyushin freight airplane, back to the non-ice world. Now we are back in Punta Arenas and everybody is spreading out towards different destinations. I have tons of pictures, but will be travelling today towards Tierra del Fiego, so hope to post some tomorrow. For now I just wanted to say a quick thank you to all you people who have reacted so nicely on this board! It´s your support that keeps me going and coming back More later, best regards from a rainy Punta Arenas, Harry
Thursday, December 29. 2005
Hi guys, just talked to Alex and Vince, they are back safe in Vinson BC and are awaiting the flight back to Patriot Hills. Meanwhile we hope to receive our call to go in 30 minutes, so if that happens we will take off shortly after and then there will be no time to update this message. I hope that the next update will be the voice podcast messages from the ice! Take care, thanks for your support so far, Best regards, Harry
Wednesday, December 28. 2005
Hi all, no news from Alex and the team yet, they are very likely on their long descent from the summit, which can take quite some time as they must have been exhausted. It is a long trip. In the meantime I would like to share some pictures I took while camping in the wonderful Torres del Paine national parc, just a few hours by bus from Punta Arenas. This is a picture I took from one of the most beautiful campsites I have ever been to. Amazing views. Too bad that due to the proximity of the lake there were too many bugs and flies to sleep in the open like I had done the night before, but the views made up for it big time. Here is a shot I took from the Eastern side of the parcque. You can see the famous 3 Torres, the sheer rock towers, the dream of many Big Wall climbers. In front is one very patient Guanaco, who was gently enjoying lunch while I set up my camera gear! And 3rdly another shot of the range, taken from near the eastern waterfall. This is a composite shot, stitched together digitally using photoshop and 9 separate images. Hope this gives a bit of an idea what beauty there is to be found here. South America is incredibly beautiful and there are so many things to discovr and explore, besides going to wonderful Antarctica. Signing off, we had our briefing today; hopefully we can leave tomorrow afternoon. Pablo, Heber, Boris, Slava and me are ready for it! Cheers, Harry
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