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MOUNT EVEREST FAST TRACK 8,850M / 29,035FT 2022 EXPEDITION TRIP NOTES MOUNT EVEREST FAST TRACK EXPEDITION TRIP NOTES 2022 EXPEDITION DETAILS Dates: April 11 to May 26, 2022 Duration: 45 days Departure: ex Kathmandu, Nepal Price: US$77,800 per person The Hillary Step and summit ridge from the South Summit. Photo: Pemba Prakash Sherpa During the spring season of 2022, Adventure Consultants will operate its 27th expedition to Mount Everest via the South Col from Nepal. This expedition will bring together the very best components in high altitude guiding to attempt Mount FAST TRACK STRATEGY Everest. Calling on our many years of experience, our very qualified guides and Sherpa crew offer the Our Fast Track programme caters to climbers who wish most seasoned team in the industry and the most to maximise their time and are able to pre-acclimatise professionally run expeditions available. We can quite prior to arriving in Nepal, either using a system like confidently say that our expedition offers you the Hypoxico or on peaks of at least 5,500m/18,000ft. most resources, the highest guide/Sherpa-to-client ratio with the best equipment, food and Base Camp Our Fast Track team flies by helicopter directly from support of any expedition operator, making Adventure Kathmandu to Pheriche Village for two nights at Consultants the best value for money. 4,270m/14,000ft. We quickly move through to camp at higher elevations, firstly at Lobuche Base Camp If you have a desire to stand on the highest summit (4,800m/15,750ft) for a further two nights. We then in the world, this is an exciting opportunity and climb to ow Camp at 5,200m/17,000ft. We will climb Adventure Consultants can provide you with an high and sleep low from this camp, then climb to sleep excellent chance of achieving that goal. We believe at 5,600m/18,400ft for one night. The following day the ascent should be made in the best style possible, we climb to the summit Lobuche East (6,119m/20,075ft) a philosophy that has seen us help our expedition and descend to Base Camp. members achieve many successful ascents and given us the best reputation in the arena of high altitude This program enables a solid reinforcement of your prior expedition guiding. acclimatisation and enables us to eliminate one rotation on Everest. Moving on to Everest Base Camp, we do one rotation to Camp 3 height (7,400m/24,280ft) and then we are ready to commit to the expedition’s summit phase. Contents Copyright © Adventure Consultants Ltd 2021 3 Climbing the summit ridge between the South Summit and the Hillary Step. Photo: Charley Mace With technology constantly evolving, Adventure PRE-ACCLIMATISATION Consultants have kept abreast of all the new techniques and equipment advancements—encompassing the Training in a simulated high altitude environment has latest in weather forecasting facilities, equipment scientifically proven health and performance benefits. innovations and communications systems. Everest Altitude training has been a method employed by high is not the place to be with an organisation that is performance athletes for a number of years, and now ‘learning the ropes’, there is too much at stake for that. an increasing number of high-altitude mountaineers Adventure Consultants expedition staff, along with are employing similar techniques with sleep and the operations and logistics team at the head office in training systems such as Hypoxico on Everest. Similar New Zealand, provide the highest level of backup and results can also be achieved by achieved climbing peaks support to the climbing team to maximise your chances of at least 5,500m/18,000ft. of success. This is coupled with a very strong expedition guiding team and Sherpa contingent, who as you will By sleeping and training in a simulated high altitude come to see are second-to-none in the industry. environment, your body gains the benefits of pre- acclimatisation. This can help you to adjust faster to EXPEDITION LEADER the lower levels of oxygen while you’re trekking and climbing, thus giving you the best opportunity to The Expedition Leader is Mike Roberts, an IFMGA New achieve your goals, as well as the ability to achieve Zealand guide who has led our Everest Expeditions them in a shortened timeframe. numerous times and has an impressive history on Everest and other expedition peaks around the world. Nine times Mike has summited Mount Everest and on THE EVEREST TEAM three other occasions has forgone his summit to assist other members. He has successfully led expeditions LOGISTICS to Aconcagua in South America, Vinson Massif in Antarctica, Gasherbrum II in Pakistan, Cho Oyu in Tibet The 2022 expedition is being organised by Guy Cotter, and Muztagh Ata in Western China, and has 12 ascents the director of Adventure Consultants and a veteran of of Denali in Alaska to his name. 28 years of Everest expedition guiding and organisation. Contents Copyright © Adventure Consultants Ltd 2021 4 legendary. Ang Dorjee is originally from Pangboche Village in the Khumbu Valley of Nepal, but he now lives in the USA. He guides on Mount Rainier and leads Aconcagua and Kilimanjaro expeditions for Adventure Consultants. He has guided on our successful Everest 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2019 expeditions. Lydia Bradey Lydia was the first woman to ascend Mount Everest without oxygen in 1988 and after years of personal climbing is now mountain guiding with Adventure Consultants. Her strong personal skills and breadth Everest Expedition Team Leader, Mike Roberts. of experience are a real asset on any trip into the mountains. As well as being a qualified IFMGA Guide from New Zealand she is also a qualified Mike has also managed to fit in multiple seasons physiotherapist. Lydia recently guided on Everest, mountain and ski guiding in the Southern Alps of New Cho Oyu, Aconcagua, Alpamayo, Lobuche East and in Zealand, many seasons in Antarctica as a Field Leader/ Mongolia. In 2008 she guided on our Everest trip, and Guide to the USA Antarctic Program, has worked as a successfully summited again, 20 years after her first Professional Ski Patroller/Avalanche Forecaster and is a summit! Since then she has guided on Ama Dablam, qualified Physiotherapist. Kilimanjaro, Carstensz Pyramid, Island Peak, Vinson and the South Pole, as well as summiting Everest again in Add Mike’s calm and welcoming personality, and 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019 and Dhaulagiri in 2017. attention to detail into the picture and you have a very personable and experienced guide and Expedition Rob Smith Leader who is passionate about seeing his clients achieving their goals, as is reflected in the accolades he Rob Smith has been guiding since 2000. He divides his has received from his past clients. time guiding between the Antarctic summer seasons and then amongst the greater ranges of the Himalaya. EXPEDITION GUIDES Originally from Omagh, Northern Ireland, Rob is now based in Fort William, Scotland. He has guided for Our international guiding staff are the best in the Adventure Consultants for many years and his notable industry. You will find the Adventure Consultants guided ascents include Everest, Vinson Massif, Cho Oyu, Mountain Guides companionable and strong expedition Carstensz and Elbrus, amongst many others. Rob has leaders with considerable abilities and a willingness to summited Everest 5 times and has climbed both the see you achieve your goals. The number of guides is North and South routes. determined by the team size but the normal ratio of guides to members is 1:4. SHERPAS Ang Dorjee Sherpa Our Sherpa team has dozens of Everest summits between them. Da Jangbu Sherpa is the Expedition Summiting Everest initially with us in 1992, Ang Dorjee and Climbing Sirdar who has summited Everest an has moved on to achieve 29 ascents of 8,000m peaks, impressive 13 times and brings with him considerable including Everest 20 times! His skills as a climber are knowledge and experience. Everest Expedition Guiding Team, left to right: Ang Dorjee Sherpa, Lydia Bradey and Rob Smith. Contents Copyright © Adventure Consultants Ltd 2021 5 Fly directly to Pheriche and fast-track your acclimatisation schedule. Photo: Guy Cotter Because of his leadership, we have a legendary group The outcome of the expedition will be determined of Climbing Sherpas who operate in a harmonious by three broad groups of factors. The first is atmosphere of cooperation and commitment to the environmental (weather and snow conditions, etc.). expedition and its members. Our group of Climbing The second is the logistical approach taken by the Sherpas is enthusiastic, motivated and regarded as expedition leaders and the strategies employed the strongest and most cohesive group of Sherpas on to embark on a summit bid. The third is your own Mount Everest. It is indicative of the reputation that preparation in the years prior to the expedition and our Sherpa team has earned that Sherpas from other how you perform whilst the expedition is under way. expeditions enthusiastically pursue a future position We can help design a training programme that will with the AC team. both physically and mentally prepare you for the climb, but you need to commit the time and energy to ensure Our cooking staff are very well known for the quality of you attain the correct conditioning. the cuisine they produce and are coveted by other team leaders due to the reputation they have established. We know that the success of an expedition is We have been developing the personnel within our determined by factors that are planned well in advance Sherpa team for 26 years and they are an integral part of the outset of the actual climbing.
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