Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Hi Everyone,
Good to see you back, Tim. Just a bit of an update on the M&I search. So far nobody seems to have made a discovery but it seems unlikely that folks would mention given all the competition up there. There are varying reports of searches by various groups, including an Italian team that ENews seems to be highlighting for some reason- it doesn't seem that the Italians are working with the ENews group. Graham Hoyland apparently went back to Kathmandu earlier than expected due to illness. One interesting tidbit is that Dave Hahn has apparently camped out at Camp 6 for several days. And Jake Norton did go to the North side with an IMG expedition to the North col. There has not been any coverage of either Jake's or Dave's activities but I can certainly think of a few possibilities. ;-). Who else has been up there is not clear but ENews doesn't seem to have gotten up to the search area as of yet. So this has kind of been a tough year to get real excited about the M&I search. Although the active searching appears at it's max, no one is reporting on any of it. Also, I think the weather has not been good, with high winds and more snow on the ground than is conducive to finding artifacts.
Otherwise, the Russian expedition up the North face is still on. Interesting that they have been complaining of nearly being hit by falling oxygen cylinders from the more usual North side routes.
Apparently EV summited last weekend on the South. I haven't checked his website recently though.
Best regards,
Rose
Good to see you back, Tim. Just a bit of an update on the M&I search. So far nobody seems to have made a discovery but it seems unlikely that folks would mention given all the competition up there. There are varying reports of searches by various groups, including an Italian team that ENews seems to be highlighting for some reason- it doesn't seem that the Italians are working with the ENews group. Graham Hoyland apparently went back to Kathmandu earlier than expected due to illness. One interesting tidbit is that Dave Hahn has apparently camped out at Camp 6 for several days. And Jake Norton did go to the North side with an IMG expedition to the North col. There has not been any coverage of either Jake's or Dave's activities but I can certainly think of a few possibilities. ;-). Who else has been up there is not clear but ENews doesn't seem to have gotten up to the search area as of yet. So this has kind of been a tough year to get real excited about the M&I search. Although the active searching appears at it's max, no one is reporting on any of it. Also, I think the weather has not been good, with high winds and more snow on the ground than is conducive to finding artifacts.
Otherwise, the Russian expedition up the North face is still on. Interesting that they have been complaining of nearly being hit by falling oxygen cylinders from the more usual North side routes.
Apparently EV summited last weekend on the South. I haven't checked his website recently though.
Best regards,
Rose
