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Himalayan
Experience EVEREST EXPEDITION 2001 (8,848m)
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The
Team
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Russell
Brice (New Zealand). Russ is the expedition leader and the owner of Himalayan
Experience. This will be his 11th expedition to Everest. Russ has guided
over 35 Himalayan expeditions and is a founder of IGO8000, the association
that regulates commercial expeditions to 8000 meter peaks.
Andy Lapkass (USA). Andy has been on more than 20 Himalyan expeditions
and has summated Everest twice. This will be his second season as a guide
on Russ' Everest expedition. Andy also competes in adventure races. He and
Ellen Miller were on the same team in the Borneo Eco-Challenge, competing
against Owen West.
Chris Warner (USA). Chris has guided more than 70 international
expeditions. He is the owner of Earth Treks' Climbing Center, the largest
climbing gym and guide service on the East Coast of the United States.
Chris has climbed Cho Oyu and as pioneered new routes on Ama Dablam
and Shivling. He guided with Andy and Russ on Everest last year.
Asmuss Norreslet (Denmark). Asmuss is the 4th guide on the trip. He
summited Everest last year via the South Col. On an earlier trip, he did
a number of first ascents in the Karakorum. Asmuss works as a guide in the
Alps, living near Chamonix.
Roy Hughes (Britain). Roy has climbed Cho Oyu with Russ in 1998 and
has been on a number of other Himalayan expeditions including Broad Peak.
Roy is a retired hotel owner.
Owen West (USA). Owen lives in New York City, trades natural gas on
Wall Street, and is an author, Marine Corps veteran, and adventure racer.
He has competed in 3 Eco-Challenges and was the lonely male on Team Playboy
Extreme. You can read all about Owen's experience in the March 2001 issue
of Playboy.
Ellen Miller (USA). Ellen is an endurance athlete. She has run in
the Tibetan Mountain Marathon, the Borneo Eco-Challenge and a gillion other
adventure races. She has climbed Kilimanjoro, McKinley and Cho Oyu among
other peaks.
Jaime Vinals (Guatemala). Jaime has climbed 6 of the 7 summits. This
is his fulltime job!!! This will be Jaime's 3rd Everest expedition. He has
written a Central American best seller about his early climbing experiences.
Marco Siffredi (France). Marco is one of the world's leading extreme
snow boarders. He has surfed Cho Oyu, Dorje Lhakpa, Tocloraju, Artensonraju
and every unimaginable face in the Alps. Marco plans to snow board from the
summit of Everest. He has been a hit in Lhasa, skate boarding around town.
Evelyne Binsack (Switzerland). Evelyn is a certified mountain guide
and helicopter pilot. She has climbed the North Face of the Eiger three times,
including a winter ascent. This is her second trip to the Himalaya. She hopes
to be the first Swiss woman to summit Everest via the North. She will be
climbing with Robert Bosch.
Robert Bosch (Switzerland). Robert is a certified mountain guide and
a professional adventure photographer. He has been high on the Everest West
Ridge and to 8300meters on the South Col. He has summated Broad Peak, Ama
Dablam and many other Himalayan peaks. With a grin, Robert says he is here
only to work. His hope is to capture Evelyn's climb on film.
Naoki Ishikawa (Japan). Naoki spent the last year traveling from the
North Pole to the South Pole, by skis, kayaks, bikes, boots and a plane (to
hop the Drake Passage). He has also climbed 6 of the 7 summits. He is writing
a book about his expeditions to the "Three Poles."
Jess Stock (Britain). Jess is a professional adventure photographer.
He commutes between homes in Wanaka, New Zealand and Chamonix, France. He
has been on expeditions to Cho Oyu, Melungtse (with Bonnington), Mera Peak
(which he skied with his wife, Vaila), and the Golden Throne (on which he
briefly held the high altitude ski record).
Keiron Mackenzie (Scotland). Keiron owns NEW HEIGHTS, a group of outdoor
equipment stores in Scotland. He also guides treks and expeditions to the
Himalaya. Keiron was on Everest with us in 2000.
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