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 SherpaMay 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.
Take care, keep climbing and be safe,
Best regards, Harry
