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Hello
all
you
(armchair)
Mountaineers!
As promised here is the 2nd and last newsletter for this month (and maybe
year :-)
Did you miss part one of the September 2005 newsletter with news about
Carstensz, Vinson and more?
It can be found online here:
http://7summits.com/info/newsletters/newsletter0905_1.htm
In this issue:
- Everest 2006, Tibet North side classic route for only €12,000!
- Harry Kikstra writes new Aconcagua guidebook, now available. Win a copy!
- Kilimanjaro & Safari fees much higher in 2006, book now for 2005.
- Many updates on the official 7summits statistics.
- Stock photography and handmade enlargements.
Everest 2006: €12,000! All-in!
In the coming Everest 2006 spring season 7summits.com will again be the
agency of choice to book an expedition with if you are price conscious. You can
simply pay $30-40,000 to the other companies or you can go for much less on
a fully serviced expedition with us. Of course you will not get 3 private Sherpas to carry your water bottle, so this expedition is meant for climbers who
can climb and have mental and physical strength.
The expedition will take place in April-June 2005, if you book and pay your
advance before October 1, then it costs only €12,000
(currently about $14,750) and includes oxygen, shared High Altitude Sherpas,
tents, yaks, all food and one western guide, Alex Abramov, who has guided and
summited Everest before and brought many people to the summit. Additional
services can be added if needed, like a private HA Sherpa, extra oxygen, private
guide etc.
After October the price will be higher.
See the special Everest
expedition page for a complete overview of what is included, itinerary etc.
There is also an option to climb to North Col only, for only €4000.
http://7summits.com/everest/trips.php
Harry Kikstra writes new Aconcagua Guidebook
I have just finished the first book in the new
Rucksack Pockets summit series.
This first book is about Aconcagua and is a small and practical guide
you can easily take with you to the summit! Only 112grams and printed on
Waterproof paper with 60 photo's and much info on 96 pocket-sized pages.
It can be pre-ordered at Amazon.com/uk/de or
at my
publisher, they have got many other nice
hiking books. The bookstores around the world do not have their copies
yet, they are on the way by boat, but it might take another month or 2.
I already have a limited supply, so if you want an autographed
1st edition version, you can order it by sending €13,50 (including €3,50 euro P&P)
by PayPal to
bookings@7summits.com. Do not forget to include your address!
To celebrate the fact I am giving 3 signed copies away. Want to win?
Check the
forum here.
Of course anyone who will book a 7summits.com Aconcagua trip will
receive a complimentary copy, find all dates and prices here:
http://7summits.com/aconcagua/trips.php |
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Kilimanjaro & Safari fees much higher in 2006, book quickly
and go in 2005
In 2006, the Kilimanjaro and Safari prices will be higher due to a major increase
in the park fees. Read
the forum for all
details, but basically, the prices will increase:
- $30 per person per day for Kilimanjaro National Park
- $20 pppd for Serengeti National Park
- $100 per CAR, for NgoroNgoro crater
- Extra charges for the lodges, they raise their own prices as a result, average
$20-40 pppd
This will make an average climb and safari trip $300- $450 more expensive per
person, all effectively Jan 1 2006. We are very sorry about this, this has just
been announced and finalized last month. The past 4 years the park fees had been
roughly the same and so were our prices which always have included all park
fees. But now we will have to charge these extra fees to our customers; we do
not make any profit on these fees, they go 100% to the government.
So if you want your Kilimanjaro and Safari trip to be as inexpensive as
possible, go before Januari 1 2006!
Many updates on the 7summits statistics
Well, Everest season has brought us quite a few new
summiteers and many 7 summits records were broken:
The
youngest female,
the
youngest male,
the
fastest (and prettiest) woman,
the
first Canadian woman and many more. Also as Carstensz is finally open again
(see
http://7summits.com/carstensz/trips.php for expedition info), new names are
being added to
the Carstensz list.
Check out all official statistics here in the only complete
lists, and click on any last name in the lists to see all the full details, a
free (but copyrighted!) service of 7summits.com.
http://7summits.com/info/7summits_statistics.html
Stock photography and handmade enlargements
Did you know you can order many of the pictures on 7summits.com?
We do sell them in limited amounts, all hand printed and signed by me (the
photographer) if needed.
Most pictures are available as Managed Rights Stock images as well, which
means that they are not available on stock CD's, but can be licensed for
specific uses only. These images are high quality, can be shipped as
transparencies or downloaded as a high resolution scan up to 11,000DPI for
slides.
More
info and examples here.
Just send an email to info @ 7summits.com with your request and we will send
a quote.
Oh, and for those that missed the 5page article in the Dutch Panorama... you can
download it here
That's it for now, hope you enjoyed this newsletter, if not, just click the
unsubscribe link and you are off
Did you miss part one of the September 2005 newsletter with news about
Carstensz, Vinson and more?
It can be found online here:
http://7summits.com/info/newsletters/newsletter0905_1.htm
Looking
forward
to
seeing
you
on
the
new site, remember you can post
on the forum and upload
your pictures and send them as ecards at the images gallery!,
thanks
and
keep
climbing,
Harry
Harry
Kikstra
Director,
www.7summits.com
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