The Season of Giving
Greetings. I hope you have been well.
We have just arrived in Kathmandu, the peaceful capital city of Nepal. It is rather hot at the moment, as the monsoon has not yet begun. We just flew here from the
village of Lukla in the Khumbu Valley, after walking down from Everest base camp.
Our expeditions led us to climb the world's highest Summit and the fourth highest mountain in the world, Lhotse. We are honoured to say that both expeditions placed members on top. We send our congratulations and thanks to all of those who were involved.
Our expedition to Everest from Tibet was also successful, placing 11 of 13 members and 8 Sherpas on the Summit. The weather this season was surprisingly good, and our teams benefited from the good weather and the high quality of the people involved.
Our best congratulations and thanks go out to everyone who helped. However, the season was not without its downside, as there were 8 people from other teams killed including the most famous Nepalese woman climber, who died in a tragic fall from just
below the Summit. We send our our deepest condolences to their families, friends, and colleagues.
At this time, we briefly turn away from high-altitude mountaineering and toward helping the environment. Our project focuses on families of Nepal, the 12Th poorest country in the world and the poorest in all of Asia. We are surveying of a site for a new hospital in the remote Okhaldunga Valley, where 4000 poor farmers live. We are helping through www.MountEverestFoundation.org to help these families stay healthy, in their own homes and cultivate the land. Then they can become effective environmental stewards, rather than being forced to become economic refugees and
migrate to a life of poverty in the slums of Kathmandu.
Thanks for watching our mountain expeditions and charitable endeavors this year at
www.SummitClimb.com. We encourage you to read read more at: www.everestnews.com
Yours Sincerely,
Dan
We have just arrived in Kathmandu, the peaceful capital city of Nepal. It is rather hot at the moment, as the monsoon has not yet begun. We just flew here from the
village of Lukla in the Khumbu Valley, after walking down from Everest base camp.
Our expeditions led us to climb the world's highest Summit and the fourth highest mountain in the world, Lhotse. We are honoured to say that both expeditions placed members on top. We send our congratulations and thanks to all of those who were involved.
Our expedition to Everest from Tibet was also successful, placing 11 of 13 members and 8 Sherpas on the Summit. The weather this season was surprisingly good, and our teams benefited from the good weather and the high quality of the people involved.
Our best congratulations and thanks go out to everyone who helped. However, the season was not without its downside, as there were 8 people from other teams killed including the most famous Nepalese woman climber, who died in a tragic fall from just
below the Summit. We send our our deepest condolences to their families, friends, and colleagues.
At this time, we briefly turn away from high-altitude mountaineering and toward helping the environment. Our project focuses on families of Nepal, the 12Th poorest country in the world and the poorest in all of Asia. We are surveying of a site for a new hospital in the remote Okhaldunga Valley, where 4000 poor farmers live. We are helping through www.MountEverestFoundation.org to help these families stay healthy, in their own homes and cultivate the land. Then they can become effective environmental stewards, rather than being forced to become economic refugees and
migrate to a life of poverty in the slums of Kathmandu.
Thanks for watching our mountain expeditions and charitable endeavors this year at
www.SummitClimb.com. We encourage you to read read more at: www.everestnews.com
Yours Sincerely,
Dan
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