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7 March 2006, 21:52. Everest, all programs »

Expedition name "7 Summits Club"
Expedition Leader - Alexander Abramov
Expedition guides - Alexander Abramov, Russia (main guide and leader,
Everest Summiteer, leader of 5 Himalayan Expeditions)
- Nikolay Cherny, Russia (guide, co-leader, Everest Summiteer, 6 other 8-thousenders)
- Igor Svergun, Ukrain (guide, Everest summiter)
- Harry Kikstra, the Netherlands ( guide and co-leader, Everest summiter)
- Mingma Gelu Sherpa, Nepal (sirdar, 5 times Everest Summiteer)
- Sergey Kofanov, Russia (assistant guide)
- Ludmila Korobeshko, Russia (assistant guide)
- Andrey Selivanov, Russia (doctor and ABC manager)
- Maxim Onipchenko, Russia (mountain ranger, BC manager)
- Sergey Chistyakov, Russia (internet project manager) [
List of expedition members:
Lande Vladimir Russia
Rozhkov Ilya Russia
Ryzhenko Arkadiy Russia
Plyushkin Igor Russia
Pushkarev Vladimir Russia
Lorenzo Gariano UK
Kirk Wheatley UK
David A. Lien USA
Ron Morrow USA
William Hazelton Tyler III USA
Slate Stern USA
Ronald Kevin Muhl South African
Noel Richmond Hanna UK
Petter Kragset Norway
Torbjørn Orkelbog Norway
Henrik Andre Olsen Denmark Johnny Brevik Norway
Thomas Weber (blind climber) Germany
Vince Bousselaire USA
Richard Harris Australian
Christopher Harris (son) Australian
Michael Charles Dillon Australian
Lincoln Ross Hall Australian
John Delaney Ireland
Frode Høgset Norway
Barbara Tyler USA
Patrick Hugh Flynn Ireland
Gariano Giuseppe Italian
20 Sherpas
6 cooks
6 kitchen boys
Total: 73 (30 clients, 43 staff)
Expedition start date : April 10
Expedition end date : June 10 Alexander Abramov with part of the staff arrives in Katmandu on March 20 to start the preparations for such a big expedition. 200 oxygen bottles are already bought for the expedition. Some facts we are going to do for the first time in the history of Everest expeditions: - a full-service North Col Base camp (with kitchen-tent, dining-tent, cook, kitchen-boy, radiostation, electricity) - 2 web-cameras will be set in BC and ABC and will send BC and Everest view into the cyberspace once a minute during 2 months) - first blind climber to try summit from the North - the largest commercial expedition from the North in spring 2006