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11.05.04 Safe arrival at home. TV broadcasts tonight + tomorrow[view...]
10.05.04 Heading home ... [view...]
08.05.04 Team visits Mera Primary School. [view...]
04.05.04 Enjoying life in Kathmandu! [view...]
30.04.04 Movie clip of summit ascent and ski descent! [view...]
30.04.04 Pictures and report of ascent and ski descent! [view...]
29.04.04 Summit team safe in basecamp [view...]
29.04.04 Summit team now close to basecamp [view...]
28.04.04 Greg & Sherpa's safe in camp 3 [view...]
28.04.04 SUMMIT REACHED! SKI DESCENT IN PROGRESS. [view...]
28.04.04 Greg & Sherpa's struggle their way up to the summit [view...]
27.04.04 5 PM radio talk with Greg [view...]
27.04.04 Greg and Sherpa's leave for the summit at midnight [view...]
26.04.04 Team reaches Fugro 2 in bad weather... [view...]
26.04.04 Final summit attempt on the way! [view...]
23.04.04 Joost: "My expedition is over" [view...]
23.04.04 Doctor in a global village [view...]
22.04.04 Team safe in basecamp, report of summit attempt. [view...]
20.04.04 Team only 200 altitude meters away from the summit. Next go in a week. [view...]
19.04.04 Hard wind blows summit attempt away. Tomorrow second shot! [view...]
18.04.04 Team reaches Vicks camp 3. Tonight they leave for the summit! [view...]
17.04.04 Team now at Fugro camp 2, more radio talks online. [view...]
16.04.04 Team leaves for the summit, now at OC&C camp 1. [view...]
15.04.04 Summit attempt on April 19th! [view...]
15.04.04 Radio talk with Joost and Greg in Fugro camp 2 [view...]
14.04.04 Movieclip of climb to camp 2 [view...]
12.04.04 Good sleep in camp 2 followed by ski descent! [view...]
11.04.04 Fugro camp 2 (7080 m) in place! [view...]
09.04.04 Team leaving for Fugro camp 2 (7000 m) [view...]
06.04.04 OC&C Strategy Consultants camp 1 (6425 m) in place! [view...]
02.04.04 Getting settled in basecamp! [view...]
31.03.04 Team arrives in basecamp [view...]
29.03.04 Non-cooperating yaks and mountain sickness [view...]
27.03.04 Stuck in Old Chinese Base Camp (4900 m) [view...]
27.03.04 Videoclip Langtang acclimatization trip (Only broadband users: 22 MB) [View...]
25.03.04 Team on the way to base camp. [View...]
15.03.04 First ski tracks! [View...]
11.03.04 Getting close to skiing... [View...]
08.03.04 Acclimatizing in Langtang... [View...]
05.03.04 VICKSpedition arrives in Kathmandu... [View...]
20.02.04 Last preparations before departure... [View...]


February '04 - "4000" peaks on skis

In the month before our departure to the Himalayas we train at high altitude in the Alps to start the acclimatizing process and to refine mountaineering techniques.

09.02.04 Small accident with limited consequences causes team to end 4000 meter climbs... [View...]
06.02.04 Strahlhorn (4190 m)... [View...]
05.02.04 Allalinhorn (4027 m)... [View...]
04.02.04 Weissmies (4017 m)... [View...]

December '03 / January '04 - Ski training in the Alps

We start our training camp in the Alps with intensive ski training to prepare for the difficult ski conditions above 8000 m.

22.01.04 Great conditions, great skiing... [View...]
19.01.04 Couloirs with fresh powder ... [View...]
18.01.04 Verbier extreme ... [View...]
12.01.04 Snow, snow, snow... [View...]
09.01.04 Heavy snowfall in Verbier [View...]
08.01.04 Steep couloirs [View...]
07.01.04 Rosablanche [View...]
06.01.04 Safety exercises on the Mont Fort Glacier [View...]
04.01.04 Ski8000 starts the new year in Verbier [View...]
31.12.03 Top Mont Blanc onbereikbaar door lawinegevaar [Meer...]
22.12.03 Training in Alpen kicks off in Kaprun [Meer...]
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Suunto X6HR
Statistics powered by Suunto (updated 28.04.04)
Highest altitude attained 8,201 m
Total ski descents in vertical meters 116,827 m
Total skin ascents in vertical meters 11,384 m
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