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Please click one of the links below to view that section of our introductory information or just scroll down (photo below right by Sange Sherpa: The Famous Hillary Step).
Everest Nepal South Col Route Programme Description:
Team climbing the Hillary Step. Monika Witkowska Photo.Team climbing the steep Lhotse face to camp 3 at 7000 metres - 23,000 feet. Monika Witkowska Photo. Thile Nuru Sherpa ascends a vertical ladder in the Khumbu Icefall. Monika Witkowska Photo. Camp 1 with Mount Lhotse in background. Mike Fairman Photo.
Please "click" one of the links on the column on the upper right of your screen under "Everest Nepal" to learn more about our expedition.
* Our "full-service" expedition includes:
Trekking: For our full-service members, the cost of this expedition includes one of the most beautiful treks in the world. For more information and photos, please visit our Everest Nepal Trek.
Sherpas and Equipment Transport: Our expedition includes transport of all of your equipment from Kathmandu to basecamp, and returned to Kathmandu. While climbing on the mountain, we try not to ask our full-service members to carry heavy group equipment (although it is an option if you really want to), such as tents, rope, fuel, food, etcetera. We employ climbing sherpas, and high-altitude porters, to carry group equipment and supplies. For a minimal expense, we can also provide personal sherpas and climbing-guides to individual members who wish to have their own private sherpa or personal climbing-guide. We now encourage members to hire "personal-equipment-carriage-service", to help with high altitude equipment transport, both up and down the mountain.
Full personal-private sherpas-
- For those who do not wish to carry their own rucksack, or prepare their own meals and drinks above basecamp, we offer full personal-private sherpas (or, you may wish to share one with another member). A personal sherpa climbs and camps with you at all times and carries approximately ten kilos/22 pounds of your personal belongings. He also helps with boiling water and making your meals on the mountain. The cost of hiring a personal-private sherpa is as follows.
- The cost of hiring a personal-private sherpa is: $8,850 USD, which includes full oxygen and equipment for your Sherpa.
High altitude "personal-equipment-carriage-service"-
- Divide the above prices by four if you would like to have approximately 10 kilos of your personal equipment carried up and down the mountain, between camps. You must provide a 48 hour notice while on the mountain. Although the price is less than the full personal-private sherpa, the "personal-equipment-carriage-service" does not involve the additional services provided by the full personal-private sherpa. This service is mainly to help get equipment up and down between camps. If you need more help than this, please consider hiring a full personal-private sherpa.Oxygen: On Everest, although some climbers wish to try it without, most members will prefer to have it available and we only allow members to climb Everest with the use of supplemental oxygen. In addition, supplemental oxygen usage has been shown to markedly reduce the incidence of frostbite. Regarding oxygen, we supply a 5 bottle set as part of the full service cost for this expedition. Some people want 1 bottle, others want 12. We suggest you bring five. Our Sherpas will try to help you carry the oxygen. We 100% guarantee our bottles and oxygen systems, and test them thoroughly with the mask/hose/regulator set-up. We have our own oxygen analysis instrumentation, and we are able to certify that the contents are 100% oxygen. Additionally, we are able to measure the volume of contents in the bottle. Our bottles/masks/hoses/regulators are 100 percent guaranteed and reliable. We always have spare parts and back up bottles, masks, regulators, and hoses. All of the equipment is guaranteed to work well together, and it is easy to use, with simple threaded and snap-on fittings which require no tools.If purchased separately:
- EXTRA OXYGEN: One large Russian Oxygen 4 litre bottle for high-altitude climbing (guaranteed to be in proper working order and match the regulator and mask and hoses perfectly): We have a 30% discount buy-back policy on unused oxygen bottles if you purchase any extra bottles beyond the 5 bottle set we supply you. $610 USD each.Note: You may have to carry some or all of your own oxygen on summit day, as well as up and down the mountain. If possible, the group sherpas will help stock the high camps, as well as share in carrying extra bottles during summit attempts. If you are concerned you might not be able to carry your own oxygen, you may wish to hire a personal sherpa. back to top.Cooks and Food: On the trek our skilled trekking cooks provide delicious meals. In basecamp our skillful and hard working cooks prepare three hot meals each day with a very healthy diet of fresh vegetables, cheeses, eggs, and fresh as well as tinned fruits, meats and fish (all meats and fish are prepared separately out of respect for the vegetarians in our midst). They supply you with unlimited hot-drinks, the key to successful acclimatization. We have large weather-proof kitchens and dining tents, with comfortable chairs and tables. On the mountain, above basecamp, we provide you with abundant and nutritious locally available quick-cooking food, so that you may prepare at least three meals and lots of hot drinks each day, in our specially designed high-altitude stoves using our butane-propane expedition mix fuel.
Above basecamp all of our team members cook their own food unless they have a personal sherpa to cook for them. For more about personal sherpas, please click here .
We provide you with a special high altitude stove and fuel canisters. Our stoves are of the "hanging" type, designed to be used inside the tent (well ventilated of course). We have found these to be the best possible stoves for high altitude use, as it is essential to cook inside the tent during stormy weather. Our stoves are suspended above the floor so you have room to sit comfortably and warmly in your sleeping bag while cooking.
Our high altitude fuel is of two types. Above 7000 metres/23,000 feet we use imported propane/butane 250 gramme canisters. Below 7000 metres/23,000 feet we refill the canisters with propane gas. Liquid fuel does not work above 6000 metres/19,700 feet so we don't use liquid fuel above basecamp or advanced basecamp.
Group Equipment: We provide a plethora of top-quality, and time-tested equipment, group gear, and supplies, including: rope, ice, rock, and snow anchor protection; basecamp, advanced basecamp and altitude tents; cookers, fuel, high-altitude food, walkie-talkie radios, bamboo marker wands, etcetera. We now provide an individual tent for each member in basecamp, so you do not have to share. We also have shower and toilet tent for Basecamp. Please see the above EQUIPMENT link, to study what we bring for your use and safety. back to top
Staff: Our staff, working together as "Everest Parivar Expeditions, Pvt. Ltd." led by the experienced and influential Mr. Murari Sharma, are hospitality experts and have, for the last 21 years, been arranging overland tours, safaris, raft trips, treks, mountain climbs, trek support staff, cooks, peak climbing permits, satellite phone permits, video and film-making permits, translators, liaison officers, climbing Sherpas, oxygen, helicopter flights, air tickets, equipment purchase/hire, storage, import/export, shipping, customs clearance, transport bookings, advance hotel bookings, visas, repatriations, and permits.
Safety: BOTH full-service and basic expeditions are allowed access to our extensive communications equipment, medical supplies, first-aid kits, medical oxygen, and a gamow bag in case of emergency. Thank you for being a well-prepared and safe team member! back to top
*What is not included?
For the "summit-attempt bonus" a group Sherpa who helps you to climb above the high camp or up to the summit and back down, expect to pay $1000 per Sherpa for summit success and $600 per Sherpa for an attempt on the summit, where you tried but did not succeed. That amount of money may be split between the climbers in the summit party. If you have a personal Sherpa, your tip will be more. Thank you very much. back to top
Total crossing from Nepal to Tibet cost: $61,200.
* Our "basic climb" includes:
Add the following services to the basic climb:
We recommend the 5 bottle set for Everest.If purchased separately:
Please click one of the links below to view that section of our Everest Nepal daily itinerary or scroll down.
Please also visit our Everest Nepal route description for more about what to expect on the trek from Kathmandu, during the climb itself, etcetera (photo right by Fabrice Imparato: A beautiful Himalaya view on a perfect day, trekking to basecamp).
Note: This is a proposed schedule, which has been developed through previous trips. The actual itinerary of your trip can differ depending on such factors as weather and local conditions. For example, the trip may finish earlier than these dates, or we may need every single day of the schedule. Thank you for being patient and flexible when coming to a foreign country like Nepal.
1) Arrive in Kathmandu (1300 meters/4,250 feet). Hotel.
2) In Kathmandu; visit temples, city tour, shopping and restaurants. Hotel; back to top
3) Fly to Lukla (2860 metres/9,400 feet). Walk to Phakding (2650 metres/8,700 feet). Teahouse or camping (photo right by Bruce Manning: Our Everest Nepal expedition features one of the most breathtaking treks in the world , included in the price);
4) Walk to Namche Bazaar (3450 metres/11,300 feet). Teahouse or camping;
5) Rest and acclimatization in Namche. Check email, send messages at cyber-café, and eat at one of the many great restaurants in town. Teahouse or camping;
6) Walk to Pangboche (3750 metres/12,300 feet). Participate in a Buddhist Puja blessing ceremony with the local Lama at the monastery if you wish. Teahouse or camping;
7) Walk to Pheriche (4250 metres/13,900 feet). Visit the Himalayan Rescue Association health clinic. Teahouse or camping;
8) Walk to Dugla (4600 metres/15,100 feet). Teahouse or camping;
9) Walk to Lobuche (4900 metres/16,100 feet);
10) Walk to Gorak Shep (5150 metres/16,900 feet). Teahouse or camping;
11) Walk to basecamp (5000 metres/17,400 feet);
12) Rest, organization, and training day in basecamp;
13) Rest, organization, and training day in basecamp; back to top
14) Walk to Pumori basecamp, sleep there;
15) Walk to Pumori ABC, return to basecamp;
16) Rest in basecamp;
17) Acclimatization trek to the top of Kala Pattar at 5500 metres, return to basecamp (photo right by Bruce Manning: Team members crossing a ladder over a deep crevasse in the ubiquitous Khumbu Icefall. We have fixed rope and ladders laid through the whole maze of shifting glacial seracs);
18) Rest in basecamp.
19) Climb to camp 1 at 5800 metres/19,000 feet., sleep there;
20) Walk to camp 2 at 6200 metres/20,300 feet, return to camp 1, sleep there;
21) Return to basecamp;
23) Rest in basecamp;
24) Walk to camp 1. Sleep there (photo right by Dan Mazur: A perfect view of Camp 1 looking up towards the Lhotse face on the Western Cwm);
25) Walk to camp 2. Sleep there;
26) Rest in camp 2;
27) Explore route to camp 3 (7300 metres/24,000 feet), return to camp 2, sleep there;
28) Return to basecamp;
29) Rest in basecamp;
30) Rest in basecamp; back to top
31) Walk to camp 1, sleep there;
32) Walk to camp 2. Sleep there (photo right by Bruce Manning: A view of our comfortable camp 2 looking up towards the Lhotse face);
33) Rest in camp 2;
34) Walk to camp 3. Sleep there;
35) Descend to camp 1 or camp 2. Sleep there;
Rest in Basecamp or Descend to a Lower Village:
36) Return to basecamp;
37) Rest in basecamp or descend to a lower village such as Pangboche;
38) Return to basecamp from lower village. Rest in basecamp;
39) Walk to camp 1, sleep there;
40) Walk to camp 2, sleep there;
41) Walk to camp 3, sleep there;
42) Walk to camp 4 at 8000 metres/26,200 feet, sleep there; back to top
43) Attempt summit (photo right by Bruce Manning: Our team members starting their ascent of the Lhotse face);
44) Return to camp 2, sleep there;
45) Return to basecamp;46) Rest in basecamp;
47) Walk to camp 2, sleep there;
48) Walk to camp 3, sleep there (photo by Dan Mazur: Approaching the Hillary Step);
49) Walk to camp 4, sleep there;
50) Attempt summit; back to top
51) Return to camp 2;
52) Return to basecamp;
53) Pack up basecamp;
54) Trek down to Pheriche. Camp;
55) Trek down to Pangboche. Teahouse or camping;
56) Trek to Namche, Teahouse or camping;
57) Trek to Lukla. Teahouse or camping;
58) Flight to Kathmandu. Hotel;
59) Extra day in Kathmandu, in case of delay, and for sightseeing, gift shopping. Hotel;
60) Fly Home. Thanks for joining our expedition! back to top
Thank you for joining our Everest Nepal Expedition
Please click one of the links below to view that section for the route on Everest Nepal, or scroll down.
Everest is perhaps the most coveted mountain in the world. The south (Nepalese) side is the route first climbed by Tenzing and Hillary in 1953, and the dates we have chosen feature the best weather of the year. Our proposed schedule allows for two potential summit attempts.
This expedition to Everest maximizes many years of accumulated wisdom of the high Himalaya, a strong record of reaching Everest, K2, Kangchenjunga, and many other 8,000 metre summits, along with an intimate knowledge of the Nepalese officials who regulate the permit system. We must also give credit to the highly experienced and hard-working climbing sherpas, cooking and office staff.
The proposed itinerary allows enough time for proper acclimatization, rest days, and several returns to base camp, where the kitchen and base camp staff can look after all of your needs, and quell your appetite. The weather at this time of year is normally quite good and stable. However, we all know the global weather is changing, and in case of storms, you will note the proposed itinerary includes extra days as well. In previous expeditions, half of those who reached the summit needed every single "extra" day.
At low elevation, the temperatures can vary from 27°c to -7°c ( 80°f to 20°f). At higher elevations, the temperature can vary from 16°c to -23°c (60°f to -10°f). The wind is the most chilling factor, and can be quite variable, with everything from a flat calm, to hurricane force on the summit. There may be deep snow, heavy rains, mosquitoes in wet areas, blowing dust, burning heat, bright sunshine.
The trip begins in the ancient and colorful city of Kathmandu, and the staff will personally meet your flight at Tribhuvan airport. You stay in a comfortable, simple, clean hotel, and sample some of the tasty Nepalese, Tibetan and Western-Style cuisine, at minimal expense. During our free day in Kathmandu, we shall finalize arrangements, and take some time out for trinket hunting, with planned visits to explore the 17th century splendors of the Monkey Temple, the Durbar Square and old Kings Palace, as well as the ancient city of Patan. back to top
Early the following morning we fly to Lukla at 2,850 metres/9,400 feet., where we meet our yak drivers, and porters. If there is time, we will trek to Monjo (2,650 metres/8,700 feet), and spend the night. For our full-service members, the cost of this expedition includes one of the most beautiful treks in the world. For more information and photos, please visit our Everest trek section of the site: Everest Trek.
Trekking in the Khumbu valley. Yaks carry our gear (Bob Rowe). Crossing a bridge under rhododendron forests. (DL Mazur) Our team in basecamp (DL Mazur).
We will continue our trek up to Namche Bazaar (3,450 metres/11,300 feet), the capital of the Sherpa Kingdom. Here we rest for a day to acclimate, then proceed up to Deboche (3,750 metres/12,300 feet) for a night, then to Lobuche (4,950 metres/16,200 feet), where we have another acclimatization day. Finally, we make the last trek to basecamp at 5,300 metres/17,400 feet.
After resting, organizing, and training in basecamp for a day, we will begin our climb. We start with a day hike through the awe inspiring Khumbu Icefall, followed by a trip to the plateau of the Western Cwm, for our first glimpse of Camp 1, at 5,800 metres/19,000 feet. We return to basecamp for a tasty dinner, prepared by our skilled cooks. back to top
Anatoly Bukreev and Vladimir Balyberdin at basecamp. (DL Mazur). On the South Col of Everest (Gennady Kopieka)
Climbing at 8,400 metres/27,600 feet above the Kangshung Face (DL Mazur).
Through the following weeks, we will climb up and down the mountain, exploring the route, establishing camps, and carefully and safely building our acclimatization level.
From camp 1 at 6,000 metres/19,700 feet, the route traverses the flattish bottom of the Western Cwm, to 6,200 metres/20,300 feet where camp 2 is located.
Camp 3 is on the head wall of the Lhotse face at about 7,200 metres/23,600 feet. To reach camp 3, we must negotiate the Lhotse Face. The Lhotse face is a steep, shiny icy wall. The face itself is not extremely technical, but is arduous considering the altitude increase. It gets less difficult as acclimation continues through the weeks going up and down between camps. back to top
Diane in the icefall (Dan Mazur). Tent lashed to its platform in camp 3 at 7,200 metres/23,600 feet (Dan Mazur)Climber in the Lhotse Face (Scott Darsney). Chris Shaw on the face at 8,100 metres/26,600 feet, during an early summit attempt (Dan Mazur)
The South Col, camp 4, is the highest camp and at 8,000 metres/26,200 feet, it is a windy and cold place. We take our time, climbing up and down to acclimate, which gives us the best chance to ascend in safety and maximize our opportunity to reach the summit during the "weather windows" which generally open in May. There are typically snow on the ledges to walk down on, interspersed with rock, along with some fixed rope. There's a little short slope on reliable snow which leads to the top of the Geneva Spur. The route turns hard to the left onto the snowfield that leads to the top of the Yellow Bands.
The route to the summit winds through snow ice and rock fields, at a 10 to 50 degree angle. These slopes are not considered technical, but there is exposed rock here in the spring, and lines are often fixed. Fixed rope is often placed on the small vertical pitch of the 12 metre/40 foot, high Hillary step, and the summit lies directly above. The summit sits at the top of the world.
Truly the most classic route on the world's most classic mountain. Welcome to our team! Our proposed itinerary allows for 2 possible summit attempts. back to top
The view from the summit, looking west to Cho Oyu, Shishapangma, Pumori, and many others (DL Mazur) .
We are very excited to be offering a traverse of Everest. There are two ways to do it, from Nepal to Tibet, and from Tibet to Nepal. We are able to offer both options as we have expeditions from both sides. If you are interested in doing this, please contact us as soon as possible.
From the summit, you will cross over and ascend the other side of Mt. Everest where camps will already be established from our Tibet expedition.
For more about the route coming down from the summit on the Tibet route, please click here. For more about the cost of doing the traverse from Nepal to Tibet, please click here.
Descending the fixed lines below the summit on the Tibet side (Ryan Waters).
After packing up all of your equipment, supplies, and rubbish, you will make the return trek to Lukla. The following morning, you are up early, and fly back to Kathmandu, where you can enjoy a hot shower and a grand Nepalese western-style feast. In Kathmandu, you can have a day to relax, celebrate, tour the valley, write postcards, and do a bit more shopping, before heading home. We hope you had a safe, enjoyable, and successful adventure. Thanks for joining in! back to top
Thank You for joining our Everest Nepal Expedition.
It is Dan's fifth Everest expedition. He is a relaxed, friendly and well organized person, and a highly-skilled professional with 20 years of experience in getting people to the summit and back down with the highest attention to safety. For more about Dan, please "click" on the Leadership link above.
A meeting on the roof of our hotel, where we describe the plan of our expedition. The audience, our trekkers and climbers. Felix and Arnold demonstrating the members high mountain equipment before a shopping trip to one of Kathmandu's 50 mountain shops to purchase any needed essentials for the members (Franck Pitula).
Sherpas: We hire Sherpas and high altitude porters in a support capacity, and now have 23 of these very experienced, friendly, strong, helpful, and loyal people on our staff, including some of Nepal's best climbers and some of Nepal's only women Sherpas. Some of our Sherpas have been to the summit of Everest more than 7 times. One of our lady sherpas just became the first Nepalese woman to reach the summit of Ama Dablam, Pumori, and Cho Oyu. Many of our sherpas have personally assisted foreign climbers to the summits of more than ten of the highest peaks in the Himalaya.
Note: We strive to provide one group sherpa for each 3-4 members. The group sherpa's duty is to carry group equipment such as tents, rope, food, and gas up and down the mountain. Group sherpas help to setup and take down camps. They are also there to try to assist in any rescues, so the other members may not have to give up their summit attempt to rescue a sick member. They may not be available to climb with members and in some instances, you may be called upon to help carry group equipment and help with group work. If you need more sherpa assistance, we encourage you to hire a personal sherpa.
For a minimal expense, we can also provide personal sherpas to individual members who wish to have their own private sherpa or personal climbing-guide. We now encourage members to hire a 1/4 of a sherpa, to help with high altitude equipment transport, both up and down the mountain. For more information about hiring a personal sherpa, please click here to learn more.
Staff: Our staff, working together as "Everest Parivar Expeditions, Pvt. Ltd." in our busy agency office in Kathmandu is led by the experienced and influential Mr. Murari Sharma. They are hospitality experts and have, for the last 21 years, been arranging overland tours, safaris, raft trips, treks, mountain climbs, trek support staff, cooks, peak climbing permits, satellite phone permits, video and film-making permits, translators, liaison officers, climbing Sherpas, oxygen, helicopter flights, air tickets, equipment purchase/hire, storage, import/export, shipping, customs clearance, transport bookings, advance hotel bookings, visas, repatriations, rescues, and permits.
Our staff in Kathmandu are available to assist you 24 hours per day, seven days per week. It does not matter which day nor at what time you arrive or depart Kathmandu, they will meet your flight, take you to the hotel, help you find essential things like money changing, shopping, arrange tours of the city, etcetera.
Top row from Left: Murari K. Sharma - Everest Parivar Exp. Pvt. Ltd(MD), Arnold Coster - Expedition Leader, Jangbu Sherpa - Climbing Sherpa, Pemba Sherpa - High Altitude Kitchen Boy, Dorjee Lama - High Altitude Kitchen Boy, Tempa Sherpa - Basecamp Kitchen Boy, Krishna Rana Marag - Trekking Guide, Deha K Shrestha - Manager. Bottom row from left; Jens Vogel, Kandu Sherpa - Lady Trekking Guide, Cho-Wang Sherpa - Friend, Maya Sherpa - Lady Climbing Sherpa.
Our leaders, staff, and sherpas look forward to serving you on our expeditions to form a successful team and create a rewarding experience.
Please "click" one of the links below to go directly to that information or scroll down.
You should have previous high altitude climbing experience (such as Cho Oyu or Lhakpa Ri / North Col ).
Our goal is to work together as a team so that all members reach the top safely. We do not expect you to be expert (although some members are) but, nor are we a climbing school (although we do conduct one or two days of training at the beginning of each expedition, please see below). If you need fundamental technical training, and snow and ice experience, we urge you to participate in our Glacier School held in spring and autumn. Members need to have experience in being part of a team, working toward a common goal, and be ready to work with the group and be a good "team-player".
Our leaders and our team-climbing-sherpas are there to ensure (for our full-service members) you make it up to the summit and back down safely. However, this is not a guided expedition (although you could hire your own personal guide, sherpas , etcetera), and team members are expected to be able to care for themselves in a winter-camping and climbing environment. Obviously when climbing the highest peak in the world, there are hazards present, and members must have experience in roped rock and ice climbing techniques (to protect from falling down the mountain or into crevasses), and have winter-condition climbing experience in the greater ranges of the world, including placing and retrieving anchors, belaying, abseiling, glacier rescue and avalanche awareness. It is also required that all members will have knowledge of altitude sickness, frostbite, and the recognition of their symptoms, prevention, and treatment. When traveling above basecamp, all members must climb with another team member or Sherpa at all times.
We welcome you to join our expedition as an individual and most of our members do. We plan to assemble our team members into groups so you should not have to climb alone, although occasionally it may happen. By the way, we are unable to accommodate 'soloists' who are not willing to climb together with other team members or sherpas from our team. The main expectation is that members will be prepared to climb with a team member or sherpa above basecamp if possible. This practice ensures that the entire team has a fun, successful, and safe time on the mountain. back to top
To participate in this expedition you must be a very fit and active winter-walker-climber in good health. Prior to joining our group, please see your doctor and obtain the necessary permission and advice, as well as medications for travel in extremes of altitude, and also for exotic locales.
Note: You can purchase all necessary medicines inexpensively with no doctor's prescription in Kathmandu. Please make sure you have physically trained yourself very thoroughly before joining this climb of the highest peak in the world. For a list of the medications we recommend you purchase, please click here . We look forward to climbing together with you! back to top
Training Prior to the Expedition:
Training During the Expedition:
We hope that you will arrive for your Everest Nepal Expedition in good health, both mentally and physically prepared, so we can work together as a team and have a successful expedition.
Please scroll down to read our Reviews
Here is what Mike had to say:
Dear SummitClimb Team: We fly Sunday night back home. Thank You for all your efforts. Special Thanks to the Sherpa and please seriously pass on my gratitude. The leader managed well given the variables. I was especially impressed by his medical care when situations arose. Best, Mike
Here is what Mito says:
Hope the team is well especially the Sherpas. It was my first ever climbing expedition and everything was perfect. Really happy with the management at KTM as well as in the mountains. Thanks!
Here is what Basia has to say:
Basia shared your video — feeling thankful. I feel very grateful for the chance to experience both sides of Mt.Everest. These expeditions were with Summit Climb.
I had a thought this morning that if I had chosen a different company, I wouldn't have met my friend, great climber and an excellent personal sherpa - Sange Sherpa and I may not have had a chance to summit this amazing, big mountain this year. Thank you Dan and thank you Sange!! ---Basia
Basia Gorska at camp 3 at Everest Nepal. Photo by Sange Sherpa. Our tents at the North Col at 7000 metres-23,000 feet, also known as camp 1. Photo David O Brien.
Here is what Dale has to say: May 19, 2009...I remember it like yesterday. It was a great team to be with. Thanks Dan Mazur, and we all miss Samuli.
Here is what George says: Hi! It feels like it's been half a year since I last saw you even though it's only been 6 weeks. I just wanted to say I enjoyed the experience with you guys and I'm doing everything I can to join Everest Tibet in 2017 in the spring time. I really hope to see you guys again and hope all is well!
Team at South Col after summit Mount Everest. Photo Basia. Leslie Binns going down to camp 1. Photo Gary Ervin
Here is what Marin says:
Really good to hear from you. I've been wondering how you've been doing! Yes, I recommended my friend to climb Cho Oyu with you because I think you're an absolutely great guide. To be honest.. I've been regretting booking for Everest with the expensive company so early on last year that now I can't change my booking or even have my money back! :( I really wish I had booked with you, because I know exactly how you operate, and I really don't like the expensive company's Military Precision climbing style at all. I guess we'll see how it goes, but if I find their style too suffocating I might move to your team on the mountain. Plus, the expensive company's summit 'prediction' date is May 18th and I will be flying out of Kathmandu by May 25th, which I find a little early for a summit bid.
Anyhow, I hope you are doing fantastic, happy as always, and enjoying the laid back fun-style climb! I'll speak to my friend about the Cho Oyu climb, it'll be awesome if he joins your team.
Keep in touch, Stay warm!
Here is what Terry says:
I really want to thank you for taking the time to acknowledge and respond to my "suggestions". Like I said below, I really like the things that are done by SummitClimb. The style of organizing and climbing done by SummitClimb fit my style (based on numerous trips with various groups) so I have good things to say about my experiences with you and the others with whom I climbed. I definitely plan to use SummitClimb again.
Thanks Again!!
Here is what Monika says:
One more time - thanks a lot for Everest Summit, especially for the decision to climb on the 23rd. It was a good choice, especially with the weather.
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Monika Witkowska climbing a ladder in the icefall. Violetta Pontinen Photo. Monika Witkowska on the summit. Photo by Kieran Lally.
Here is what Scott says:
Thanks again for a fantastic Everest Nepal trip. Versus what Alan Arnette's website cites as a 67% summit attempt success rate, our 100% success rate is awesome! You made great calls when it came to getting us on the summit! I made it home safely thanks to Korean Air and am starting to put some of the weight I lost back on.
Not coincidently upon my arrival home there was an interesting article about the sherpas in a magazine that I subscribe to. I've scanned the article and attach it to this email and hope you enjoy reading it. I think it is well-written and seems fair based on everyone I spoke to in Nepal...guys like Lakba Sherpa, etc.
I hope all remains well with you. I'm going to send a separate email after this one about my unused 7th oxygen bottle, as you said you'd deal with refunds sometime in July or so.
And as I indicated before, as a very satisfied client, I'm happy to be a spokesmodel for SummitClimb anytime so just ask!
Best regards,
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Scott Smith on the summit. Photo by Kieran Lally. Jangbu Sherpa, 14 Everest ascents, with Scott Smith, aspiring Everest climber. Photo taken in camp 3 by Monika Witkowska.
I have climbed with SummitClimb on three expeditions now (Cho Oyu, Everest and Dhaulagiri) and I can safely say that I love them. Basically what I find the main difference being that the top end companies hold your hand far too much. With Summit, you can climb on your own or if you dont feel comfortable, with someone else. Obviously the ability to climb alone will depend on your own ability, confidence and level or expertise etc. As it says on the website, summitclimb is set up for climbers more then novices although to go with them as a novice is no problem at all either. But generally speaking with Summit a lot of the expedition members have a good mountaineering knowledge allowing also to that freedom of movement. At least that is my experience with them.
If you have only ever climbed with high roller companies, then Summit probably could seem a bit random. I have witnessed this also. On Dhaulagiri we had a guy who had only ever clmbed with Alpine Ascents and companies of this level. I dont think he liked SummitClimb much. But the remaining 11 of us on the expedition had no problems at all with them. We didn't make the summit unfortunately but Dhaulagiri will forever be one of my favourite expeditions to have had the privilege to participate in. That's for you to decide on that one I guess.
Another thing is the guides. A lot of guides take themselves far too seriously I have noticed but Arnold and Dan (both of whom I consider good friends) have a very mature and relaxed attitude. They know when to relax and when to emphasize danger on the mountain.
Okay, SummitClimb do not have a world class chef, do not provide 11 bottles of O2 and two personal climbing sherpa's per client. They do not have a disco tent with bar. They do not have an Iridium or Thuraya that they can give to each member. If this is worth an extra $30,000 to you, then by all means google search the high roller companies. If like me you are there to get away from your normal life for a while and just want to climb one of these big peaks without all the rubbish that high paying expeditions can attract, SummitClimb is for you!
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Here is what Samantha says:
-Summit climb are more competitive with their prices.
-They have an incredible experience with visas/culture/network of people. I have a couple of examples where this was demonstrated amazingly.
1. There were chinese visa issues. Some companies abandoned their climb, some waited and so the trip was delayed. (Summit climb had visas first and were one of only a few companies that even got them) and our trip was not held up.
2. After a terrible storm took most of our tents at an advanced camp and most of other companies tents too other companies had to call their expedition off. -Summit climb used their network of people and contacts and while we rested at BC a complete set of new tents reached us.
-Whist summit climb don't make huge promises about things (which no one should as this is the mountains) they are always very resourceful and in my experience have always worked stuff out.
-Their sherpa team are long standing, strong and loyal - Summit climb put back via various charity projects they organise and fund raise for. The sherpas are heavily involved in this which I think is fantastic.
-What could they do better? I don't know, this is a difficult one. I always accept they are the price they are because they don't offer luxuries such as a carpet in your base camp tent, a better quality shower etc, which some companies who you pay more with do. I think it's important that you have your expectations set right. Summit climb do not hold your hand on trips, they allow the trip to be your own while still being there for you.
-My advice would be to go on an expedition or at the very least try and meet the team before you make a commitment as big as Everest. I would advise this for any company you were thinking of using. You will have individual needs and whilst summit climb suit me and I love doing trips with them we all have different ideas.
-I can say that I know the summit team well and they have always been fantastic - a lovely group of capable people.
Please let me know if you have any other questions or if I can help in any way.
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On my quest to be one of the few individuals to climb the seven summits and complete marathons on seven continents, I have been fortunate to work with many elite climbing and running expedition and tour companies. When it came time for Everest, I did a huge amount of research on firms and the guides. When I came across SummitClimb and Dan, I was of course instantly drawn because of the price, but also a bit skeptical. After talking to Dan, I was completely sold.
There are a lot of famous mountaineers and guides and companies, but what I was looking for was a personal experience, an opportunity to summit, but safely. Dan gave me and my climbing buddy time over the phone and the office was incredibly helpful with the so-many questions we have before Everest. What should we bring, what are our chances, what are the trade-offs, what to expect, what gear, how is the food, and so many others.
Here's the thing, you literally put your life in the hands of the company and people involved. Dan, while known for his heroic and philanthropic endeavors is the real deal. Humble, respectful, knowledgeable and helpful. From the moment we arrived at Base Camp, the array of other climbers from other camps told me how much they wanted to be around SummitClimb and our crew.
I did not feel that I had any less of an experience because of the price, in fact, the personalization was much more than I expected. The chefs, porters and sherpas were first class and they are the real reasons we summit or don't. When a terrible "Into Thin Air" storm hit on our May 11th/12th summit night/day, around 60 of the 70 climbers turned back that night due to -40 temperatures and 40 mph winds and complete white-our conditions. All but one of our climbers summitted that evening thanks to the support of our sherpas and support crew.
Climbing Everest is a big deal - it is a once in a lifetime opportunity. I would recommend SummitClimb completely and without hesitation. You want a company that will look after you and give you the best chance of getting to the top and back down safely. Better yet, an individual who gives back to the world, makes sure his group is well looked after, and gives you a level of comfort and efficiency on your biggest day.
Mitch on the summit of Everest. (Jangbu Sherpa). Mitch in the icefall (Mitch Lewis). Back to topHere is what Vic S
Moving Up Western Cwm with Lhotse Face in the Background. Kieran Lally holds the ropes for Dan Mazur Crossing a Crevasse in the Western Cwm. Photo by Scott Smith.
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Medications are inexpensive and readily available in Kathmandu with no doctor`s prescription:
Our skillful cooks prepare 3 delicious hot meals and plenty of drinks each day in basecamp, as well as camp 2 on the mountain.
On the mountain we supply plenty of food for you to cook 3 hot meals each day. This food will consist of soup, local cheese & sausage, biscuits, dried noodles, potatoes, rice, porridge, butter, dried and tinned vegetables, fruit, meats, and fish, tea with milk and sugar, powdered juice drink, and drinking chocolate. Our sherpas will be carrying this food to the higher camps.
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On Everest, although some climbers wish to try it without, most members will prefer to have oxygen available and we only allow members to climb Everest with the use of supplemental oxygen. Regarding oxygen, the cost is up to you. Some people want 1 bottle, others want 12. We suggest you bring five. All of the equipment is guaranteed to work well together, and it is easy to use, with simple threaded and snap-on fittings which require no tools. Our sherpas will try to help you carry the oxygen.
Note: You may have to carry some or all of your own oxygen on summit day, as well as up and down the mountain. If possible, the group sherpas will help stock the high camps, as well as share in carrying extra bottles during summit attempts. If you are concerned you might not be able to carry your own oxygen, you may wish to hire a personal sherpa. back to top
We provide a plethora of top-quality, and time-tested equipment, group gear, and supplies, including: rope, ice, rock, and snow anchor protection; basecamp, advanced basecamp and altitude tents; cookers, fuel, high-altitude food, walkie-talkie radios, bamboo marker wands, etcetera. We now provide an individual tent for each member in basecamp, so you do not have to share. We also have a shower and toilet tent for Basecamp. Please see the group EQUIPMENT link, in the menu bars above to study what we bring for your use and safety.
Below are some short video clips taken recently by our team members. Please click the picture or title in the left column to view each clip. In the right column is the description for each video.
|Ms. Sophie Denis and Mr. Jinpa Sherpa on the summit of Mt. Everest.
|Adam Mallory summit video on Mount Everest.
|What more can one say about this worrisome John Shelton-Smith video of an avalanche landing near basecamp?
|Everyone has different ideas about how best to traverse the treacherous Khumbu Icefall. This unknown team decided it would be best to walk through the ice-fall roped together in lock-step, just one metre apart. Hmmmm, we are not sure this is such a good idea (video by Diane Walker)?
Everest closed?
|Everest closed !?!? On 6 May, this enormous Russian-made Nepal-Air-Force helicopter landed in basecamp and 12 troops and dignitaries spewed out to make warning speeches about international security and sweep basecamp and inspect all of the tents for illegal communications equipment, flags, etcetera. Everest remained closed to climbers from 1-8 May while the Chinese Olympic torch team went to the summit. Our sincere thanks to the Nepal-Air-Force for their professional conduct during this difficult situation and for their assistance in air-evacuating one of our sherpas who suffered an apparent stroke on the way to camp 1 (video by John Shelton-Smith).
|Diane Walker films Stefanos Voutselas crossing a treacherous ladder in the Khumbu Icefall.
|Even some of the strongest sherpas in the world need to have a ceremony before heading off to climb Everest. Here our super-star climbing sherpas shake a leg at our puja ceremony before heading up to the summit to help our team members get to to the top and back down safely (video John Shelton-Smith).
|Stefanos Voutselas films Les Williams descending the big scary 3-section ladder at the top of the Khumbu Ice-fall.
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Here is what Vik from Seattle had to say:"The leader provided great team leadership and is a very good communicator, clear and patient. I liked the independence afforded on the expedition and we had a good team. The solar charger and battery setup in basecamp worked well and the double wall dining tent and heater were nice. The sherpas were very hard working and super friendly. There were no slackers on the staff."
Here is what the Mallorys from Canada, a family of 4 Everest summiters, had to say:
"SummitClimb is very patient and well organized. On expedition the showers were nice, the toilet facilities were good, tent arrangements were comfortable, the food servers were great, the food was tasty, and we even had heaters in basecamp and doctors on the trip.
The organization was well done and we had very little concerns, with all of our requirements were met. We had a great climb with a huge deal of success.
The SummitClimb Sherpas were very supportive, capable and helped us at important times when we needed their assistance. Preparation for the climb was made easy, with all of the important information available on the SummitClimb website. Questions were readily answered rapidly by the SummitClimb office staff. Most importantly, the leader was very professional, respectful, communicated information readily, and was a key component in the success we enjoyed on Everest"
Here is what Eric from Canada, the youngest Canadian male to summit Everest had to say:
"It's a personal accomplishment I have been thinking about for a very long time. I am very happy with the outcome. When I saw the south summit I felt confident and on top of Everest I felt happiness, excitement, and relief at being on top of the world."
Here is what Everest summiter, Sophie from France had to say;
"I think Everest is very different than any other mountains I have climbed. You have to be strong, focused, and confident to enjoy it.I love climbing for fun. My personal sherpa was really fun to climb with and did a great job of keeping me motivated. We took it step by step together and he was with me the whole way. We stopped a lot and took breaks, shot photos, had snacks, and enjoyed the experience of climbing Everest. My sherpa let me lead about 60% of the time, which was nice because I love to leading when I'm climbing."


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Exploring Washington DC's Best Ethiopian Restaurants
Washington, DC is commonly considered the second largest Ethiopian city in the world, second only to Addis Ababa, and it's estimated that about 250,000 Ethiopians call DC home. Much of the influx of the Ethiopians in recent decades consisted of asylum-seekers fleeing civil war, but geopolitical implications of the Ethiopian presence in DC notwithstanding, their arrival has built up one of the city's most fascinating culinary subcultures.
With such a concentration of Ethiopians, it's no wonder that businesses and restaurants sprung up to service the East African expat community. Proprietors like Nafifa Said and Tefera Zewdie, owners of Meskerem and Dukem restaurants respectively, opened up shop in the '80s and '90s to fill the market void for cuisine familiar to their countrymen. Over the years, they and other business owners have created what may be America's foremost destination for Ethiopian cooking. Meskerem and Dukem are considered two of the city's best options; Ethiopic is the third.
These restaurants deliver faithful representations of Ethiopian traditions; you won't find contemporary interpretations or Ethiopian fusion at Meskerem, Dukem, or Ethiopic. Instead, you can expect to enjoy meals that may as well have been served on the streets of Addis. "I don't want to Westernize or water it down," said Meseret Bekele, owner of Ethiopic. "It's what we grew up eating."
Ethiopian cuisine is a communal tradition. Meals are served on large circular platters inlaid with injera, a traditional Ethiopian bread made with teff flour that serves double duty as both plate and eating utensil. The latter is of course because Ethiopian meals are eaten with your hands. Standard protocol is to tear off a small piece of injera and use it to grab small morsels of one of the myriad dishes laid out on a communal platter lined with more injera.
These dishes in question range from spiced lentils (yemisir watt), tender beets (kay seer), mild, earthy split peas (kik alitcha), and gently braised collard greens (gomen watt) to rich chicken and beef stews (doro watt and kay watt), minced raw or very rare beef (kitfo), and spicy sautéd lamb cubes (tibs). There are typically anywhere from five to ten dishes on a platter, all meant for sampling with a group.
Much of Ethiopian cuisine is characterized by its spices, and these dishes are often potently aromatic with significant heat. "What makes it different is the spices; we appreciate spicy food," explains Said. "Our food is seasoned with ground garlic, cardamom, cinnamon, black pepper, all different kinds of spices."
The master spice mixture berbere, consisting of chili peppers, garlic, ginger, dried basil, and other ingredients, is a unique blend that's a common component in sauces and stews that lends Ethiopian cuisine its characteristic heat. Another hallmark of the cuisine is niter kibbeh—clarified butter or oil steeped with onions, garlic, ginger, and sweet and pungent spices—which is used as a flavor base for many stewed and braised dishes.
Ethiopian menus look more or less the same from one restaurant to another, so if you're looking to spend time exploring Ethiopian cuisine through DC, your best guides are the proprietors who can direct you to the most distinctive items on their menus. That's why we visited Meskerem, Dukem, and Ethiopic, ate our way through the colorful painter's palette-like platters of spice-infused meats and vegetables, and talked with the owners about their favorite offerings.
Meskerem's interior is a cavernous space adorned with traditional Ethiopian symbols throughout its three floors. Since opening Meskerem in Adams Morgan in 1985 out of a desire to represent her culture, Nafifa Said is particularly proud of her kitfo. Kitfo is akin to beef tartare, but made with very lean meat and flavored with chili peppers, cardamom, and nitter kibbeh—a denser and more strongly flavored take on tartare than the French standard.
Said's kitfo is almost like a heavy pâté—creamy and rich with butter and spices with a hint of bloody funkiness. The flavor can be potentially too strong for newcomers to the dish, especially when raw, but intersperse lighter, sweeter bites of beets and yellow split-peas to ease your palate into this Ethiopian specialty.
Said also recommends a course of sambusa before a meal. An Ethiopian equivalent of a samosa, sambusas are fried pockets of thin dough stuffed with ground beef and chicken seasoned with spices-crisp and savory snacks. They're traditional in Muslim communities and often star as fast-breaking meals during Ramadan.
"I had a fantasy of cooking since a young age," says Dukem owner Tefera Zewdie. "When my friends and I would take trips to the beach, I would always make all the food." Zewdie made good on that fantasy by opening Dukem in 1997, first as a tiny carry-out and grocery before expanding into the U St. staple it's now become (and opening a second location in Baltimore). Dukem is also home to live music many nights of the week, but at its heart it's a family business that endeavors "to make it feel like home in Ethiopia."
To that end, Zewdie explains that Dukem's signature dish is doro wot, the famous braise of chicken and hardboiled eggs simmered in a thick sauce spiked with berbere. Wot is distinguished by the long, slow cooking process that reduces the stew almost into a curry with concentrated flavor. It's thick and spicy, a potent sauce for fall-apart tender chicken and floppy injera.
Dukem's chicken drumsticks drink in the sauce's rust-red spices, all fitting complements for the tangy injera. The hard-boiled egg becomes a flavor bomb of its own, full of pepper, garlic, and cardamom.
A relative newcomer to the DC Ethiopian scene, Ethiopic was opened on H St. in 2010 by Meseret Berkele. Tired of hiking up to U St. or Adams Morgan for Ethiopian, she brought the restaurant to the Atlas District. Berkele gravitates toward her lamb tibs because "it's not something you can find any other place." Tibs are marinated and sautéed lamb (or beef) with onions, garlic, chilies, tomato, and herbs like rosemary. They have a pungent sauce that clings to the meat rather than a looser gravy.
The tibs at Ethiopic are served in a stone bowl over a flame to keep the contents sizzling hot. The excellent combination of savory, tender lamb, sweet, melt-in-your-mouth tomatoes, and heat from the jalapenos and spices will have you mopping up every last bit with your injera. Small cubes of lamb mean every bite is saturated with the sauce and generously charred. A sprig of rosemary tops the dish to round out the savory, fiery aromas with a light herbaceous, fragrance.
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Beck, Ailes lie about Beck's "slaughtered" comments
Glenn Beck took to the airwaves today to follow-up Roger Ailes' falsehood-laden defense of him with falsehood-laden defense of his own.
On Sunday's This Week, Ailes told Arianna Huffington that when Beck insisted the White House and progressives are "taking you to a place to be slaughtered" that he was simply "talking about Hitler and Stalin slaughtering people."
This blatantly false interptation of Beck's remarks means one of two things: either Ailes does not watch Beck's show or Ailes is lying.
Here was Beck in November:
BECK: They need to do it this way. They need it do it in the cover of darkness. They need you to not to listen to me -- because if you start to listen to me, you're never going to willingly give up your freedom. You're going to be nudged into it, and if they can't nudge you into it, well then they'll push you into it.
What was it that Andy Stern just said a minute ago?
STERN: We're trying to use the power of persuasion. And if that doesn't work, we'll use the persuasion of power because there are governments and there are opportunities to change laws that affect these companies.
STERN: We took names. We watched how they voted. We know where they live.
BECK: Yes, they do know where I live. They know where you live, too. All they need is that final emergency, and it's going to come creeping up. We didn't realize it was this bad. Mark my words. No, don't mark my words -- mark the words of George Soros or anyone else around this White House. Play Soros' words again!
SOROS: The system we have now has actually broken down, only we haven't quite recognized it. And so, you need to create a new one, and this is the time to do it.
BECK: These are the people that broke the system! It's broken because of corruption.
Look, this is not about the things that you and I believe in. Progressives think they know better than you do. They want to control every aspect of your life. Workers of America unite against these people!
The smart grid is not about saving energy or helping the planet. It is about one person, the rich guy, paying more than another guy, the poor guy. He'll pay less!
They call it social justice. They call it fair. They call it -- they call it anything but what it is, Marxism, spreading the wealth, leveling out the playing field.
There is one thing you cannot call any of these plans. You can't call it America. You can't do it.
I told you yesterday buckle up your seatbelt, America. Find the exit. There is one here, here and here. Find the exit closest to you and prepare for a crash-landing because this plane is coming down because the pilot is intentionally steering it into the trees! Most likely, it will happen sometime after Christmas.
You are going to see this economy come up -- we're already seeing it - - and now it's going to start coming back down again. And when you see the effects of what they're doing to the economy, remember these words: we will survive. We know we'll do better than survive. We will thrive -- as long as these people are not in control. They are taking you to a place to be slaughtered. [emphasis added]
And that certainly wasn't the only time Beck used violent rhetoric and warned of "danger" from Obama and progressives.
Not content to let his boss do the heavy lifting, Beck mounted his own defense of his violent rant: he flat out denied it.
BECK: I don't even know if I've ever used the word "slaughtered." And if I used the word "slaughtered," if it wasn't in a context of Mao, Stalin, or Hitler, it was in the idea that the truth is being slaughtered by this administration, not saying that this administration is going to slaughter anyone. [...] I have said that progressives, this ideology has lead to the slaughtering of millions. It has, it has. In particular: eugenics.
As Huffington, Crooks and Liars, and Brave New Films all clearly noted today, that's just not the case.
With these assertions, and O'Reilly's recent defense of his colleague, it raises the question: Does anyone on Fox (including Beck himself) watch Beck's show?
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I am a foreign English teacher having received an offer of employment from the Khaimah Language School, Dubai. Here is the address of the newly established school:
Khaimah English Language School
159, Sheikh Zayed Road, Deira , Dubai
United Arab Emirates
I would like to know if this school is registered & licensed with the UAE Ministry of Education or not. The school authorities have asked me to contact for work permit & visa applications at the following address:
Atten. Mr. Nashiri al-Buntiri Aroon
United Arab Emirates-Ministry of Interior
Naturalization & Residency Administration-Dubai.
{Foreign Employment Visa Issuance Department}
17 Naif Rd.Deira , Dubai, U.A.E
Tel/Fax: +971 4338 1603
Also I seek your opinion regarding the procedure for a foreign employee to obtain the work permit & visa, also what are the documents required to be submitted for obtaining the same.I even searched for the name of the above school on Moeya(Ministry of Education) website but did not find it. So I am a bit skeptical as to whether this School does exist or not.
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text: SUNDAY PREVIEW - ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Next stop for America's top historian: Paris By Julia Keller In one of his lesser known - but still exquisite - books, first published in 1992, David McCullough writes about the painter Frederic Remington, an artist who captured the last glimmers of the twilight of the American West of the 19th century, a place of charging horses and bucking broncos and dusty trails. Remington was a big man, a man with passionate appetites, and he tackled his art the same way he'd dive into a plate of roast beef: with galloping gusto. Musing about his profession, Remington noted, "I have always wanted to be able to paint running horses so you would feel the details and not see them." The line comes in McCullough's "Brave Companions," and it is an apt description of McCullough's own work as well, a rich, lively collection that includes best-sellers such as "Truman" (1992), "John Adams" (2001) and "1776" (2005), along with his new book, "The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris" (Simon & Schuster). He wants us to feel, not just watch. He wants us to know more than just the dry facts of our country's history; he wants us to share the vivid emotional experience of those who inhabited it. Life is love and conflict and drama and change, not just names and dates. McCullough reminds us of that with each shimmering, resonant page he writes. That's what makes his work so appealing, even to people who otherwise might cringe and leap away from a history book the way one of Remington's horses rears back from a rattler. Across the course of a long and distinguished career that has included two Pulitzer Prizes and the Chicago Tribune Literary Award, McCullough has established himself as America's pre-eminent popular historian. The old saw about never letting the facts get in the way of a good story has no relevance in McCullough's universe; he gives us the facts and a good story, to boot. There is no conflict between truth and a crackerjack narrative. "The Greater Journey" is a group biography of the Americans who, between 1830 and 1900, made the perilous crossing to Europe in order to dip their cups into the brightest, bubbliest, most refreshing stream that then flowed: Paris. It may have been, as McCullough writes, "a dark labyrinth of narrow, filthy, foul-smelling streets running off every which way," a medieval city marked by "ancient stone buildings, some black with centuries of smoke and soot," but it was something else, too: the center of the world. It was the place where the very best in art, architecture, literature, science, philosophy, landscape design, sculpture and medicine thrived. Among the intrepid Americans who made the trip were Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mary Cassatt, Margaret Fuller, Samuel Morse, James Fenimore Cooper, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and Emma Willard. Painters, writers, educators, dreamers. So why did our nation's foremost historian turn his gaze away from America? Simple, McCullough said in a recent interview: In order to see America with new eyes. "While my setting is Paris, you also learn, through the weave of images and characters, what was happening in the United States," he said. The United States was still a young country in the 19th century, the world's freewheeling, exuberant kid sister. Paris was the accomplished older brother, supremely confident in his knowledge and thus always willing to teach. "The Greater Journey" is the exhilarating story of what Americans learned. McCullough may write like a dream, but if he never picked up a pen again he'd still be an American treasure because of his voice - a deep, resonant one with which he has narrated TV series such as "The Civil War" (1990) and almost two dozen installments of "American Experience," as well as the film "Seabiscuit" (2003). McCullough's is the go-to voice for projects that need a solid, four-square narrative heft that also twinkles with a hint of whimsy, of rueful kinship with the ambition and occasional folly that are endemic to the human condition. In the end, only the ambition really matters, McCullough said. It is the point of "The Greater Journey," he added, identifying the book's spirit as one of "reaching a little higher. Not in competition with anyone - but for enjoyment, for the thrill of self-expression and of making the world a little better. These lives of accomplishment were affirmations." And they remind us of what dwells on the other side of history's slow, stolid accumulation of ironclad fact: human beings. People who challenged themselves daily, who worked and planned, who lusted and struggled - and who dreamed of Paris. David McCullough will speak at 6 p.m. Monday in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium at the Harold Washington Public Library, 400 S. State St. The event is free. email@example.com Twitter @litkell Copyright © 2019, Chicago Tribune


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The list below is a summary of the where to go in North Cyprus – places to visit in North Cyprus. A helpful guide to help you build your own itinerary. For a more detailed description ask at reception.
Founded in the 10th century B.C., by Achaean settlers, it was for many centuries one of the ten kingdoms of Cyprus. In the 7th century it was fortified by the Byzantines who built the original Kyrenia castle. The town remained a minor port under Ottoman rule. Under British rule, the harbour and quay were built, as the town was used as a resting place for officers, captains and their families due to its beautiful harbour and leisurely, romantic atmosphere.
The impressive Kyrenia Castle, at the eastern end of the harbour, was built in the 7th century by the Byzantines in order to protect the city against Arab raids, with additional fortification and enlargement carried out later during the Lusignan and Venetian periods.
The castle is also the home to the Shipwreck museum, which displays the oldest shipwreck ever discovered believed to date from 300 B.C.
Just behind the harbour, you can find the Agha Cafer Pasha mosque, constructed in 1580 during the Ottoman period. The mosque was named after the Turkish landowner who funded its construction. Beside the mosque lies the Hasan Kavizade Huseyin Efendi fountain, built in 1841. The three arched design is typical of fountains from that era.
The museum is by the harbour. It is a perfect example of traditional Cypriot architecture with utensils, embroideries and furniture. Next to the museum is the oldest church in the city – Chyrsopolitissa Church, built Gothic style. It adds to the beauty of the harbour.
The church built in 1860, is to the west of the harbour. Currently the church functions as the icon museum of Kyrenia displaying icons from the 18th century onwards.
Is believed to have been the inspiration for Walt Disney's Snow White's Castle…. It was first fortified by the Byzantines. According to a legend the castle is said to be named after a saint who escaped Jerusalem after the Arab conquest and moved to Cyprus. It was originally a monastery and known as Didymus from the two peaks over which it sprawls. St. Hilarion remains the best preserved of the Crusader castles in Cyprus and a notable monument of medieval architecture. You can drive right up to it on a good tarmac road and if you have the energy to climb to the very top of the castle the views are outstanding and well worth the effort.
The small mosque and mausoleum were built during the Ottoman Period for the Commander Omer and his six soldiers who dired during the Arab raids in the 7th century.
A Medieval Temple….The first inhabitants of the monastery were Augustinian monks who migrated there after the capture of Jerusalem by Salahaddin Ayyoubi in 1187. The main part of the monastery was built during 1198-1205 by King Hugh III of France. The Italian frescoes seen at the entrance of the chaple were painted in the 15th century. Overlooking the town of the magnificent Gothic-style monastery, with its dining room, underground cellars, kitchen, meeting room and treasury is really worth visiting. The Village and Abbey at Bellapais are immortalised in Laurence Durrell's book Bitter Lemons.
The monastery was built around 1000 AD and was dedicated to saint Makarius of Alexandria. In the 15th century the monastery was taken my Armenians, and became rest point for Armenian pilgrims on the way to and from Jerusalem.
This is the least accessible of the Crusader castles, and is also the highest at 1300ft. The castle was origionally contructed as a watchtower by the Byzantines and the converted into a castle by the Lusignans. The origins of the castle of the Lion, are something of a mystery, but known to have been in existence in 1191, when it was surrendered to Richard the Lionheart by Isaac Comenos' daughter. Pierre 1, the idealistic Lusignan king, found an unpleasant use for the castle: he imprisoned his loyal friend Sir John Visconti there as a punishment for warning him of Queen Eleanor's infidelity, and allowed him to starve to death!
Dediated to Virgin Mary this Church used to be the centre of an influential monastery. It was built in the 7th century and Its fresco-covered walls are the most fatal attraction. The nartex and the gallery were added by the Lusignans. During the Byzantine period, it is thought to be built by local artists due its unusual style.
The Necropolis is in the Palealona region Karmi (Karaman) village – one of the most beautiful villages in Northern Cyprus. It dates back to 2300 1625 BC. One of the graves here has a woman figure carved onto it – the oldest gravestone in Cyprus, beleived to symbolise the Goddess of Fertility.
Lapta was once one of the most significant cities on the island. This city, previously named as Lapithos or Laphetos, was the capital of one of the ten kingdoms into which Cyprus was divided. Lapithos was believed to be established in the 8th Century B.C. by the king of Tir Belrus as a colony of Phoenix.
In the late 18th century, people from Lapithos established the village of Karava (now called Alsancak) at the original site of the city of Lambusa, thus today there is little left of the ancient city. Much of the gold and silver was smuggled abroad and today some of it can be found in Nicosia Museum in Cyprus, and other major museums across the world.
During the Ottoman rule in the 19th Century new churches were built, examples of which still stand. Today the remnants of the historical city of Lambousa on the coast include its city walls, a number of stone tombs and a series of rock fish pools. The stone tombs, apart from being pillaged for centuries by grave robbers, were used in the Middle-Ages as a source of stone.
Adjacent to the port are the fish pools which were carved out of the rocks during the Roman times. They are the oldest example of their type, and were used by fisherman to keep their catches fresh.
The archaeological excavations in Lambousa that began in 1992 continue today. It is believed that much of the wealth of Lambousa still remains hidden.
Famagusta is one of the most important, greatly fortified ports in the Mediterranean. The city lies on the eastern coast in a bay between Capes Greco and Eloea, and possesses the deepest harbour in Cyprus. Famagusta, which means "buried in the sand", is descriptive of the silted mouth of the Pedieos River north of the town.
To the north of Famagusta lie the ruins of the great city of Salamis, believed to have been founded in the 11th Century B.C. Salamis was construced by tribes moved to Cyprus from Anatolia and Greece towards the end of the Bronze age. After the influences of the many conquering nations, including the Romans, the city was finally abandoned in 648 A.D. after the combined catastrophes of earthquakes and raids by Arab pirates.
The spectacular ruins give a fascinating insight into long-lost civilisations and include a magnificent amphitheatre, Roman baths, a gymnasium and royal tombs.
Just inland from Famagusta are the church and monastery dedicated to St. Barnabas, the founder of the apostolic church in Cyprus in 45 A.D. Barnabas, a Cypriot from Salamis visited the island accompanied by St. Paul and St. Mark and was later martyred in Salamis in 52 A.D. The church of St. Barnabas is preserved to this day, and houses a wonderful collection of 18th century icons. The monastery cloisters now house an archaeological museum.
The Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque, previously the St. Nicholas Cathedral stands in Namik Kemal Square within the walls of the city of Famagusta. Built by Lusignans between 1298 and 1312, it is a stunning example of gothic architecture.
The city also houses the Sinan Pasha Mosque, once known as the St. Peter and St. Paul Church. Built between 1358 and 1360, by a merchant from Famagusta. Like its larger neighbor it was converted to a mosque once the city was captured by Ottomans.
Ravelin is one of the two entrances into the ancient walled city of Famagusta. When the Venetians surrendered to the Ottomans in 1571, the white flag was hoisted here. This is the reason why the Ravelin was called Akkule( white tower)
Situated in the west of Namik Kemal Square, it was built in the 13th Century by the Lusignans as a royal palace. In the garden of the palace there is a door which leads to the Namik Kemal Dungeon which is also a museum.
It was constructed in the 14th century by the Lusignans in order to protect the harbour. It is the Cypriot setting for Shakespeare's "Othello".
One of the two original entrances to the city. It is well preserved and it has a beautiful architectural structure which was constructed by the Venetian Nicolo Prioli in 1496.
It is situated in the Cambulat Bastion, by the harbour gate of Famagusta. The bloodiest battles during the Ottoman siege of Famagusta were fought on this bastion, which was then known as Arsenal Bastion.
It is a small church built around the 15th century in the Byzantine style.
Built around the 15th century, the Byzantine church carries fresco marks on its walls.
A beautiful example of the gothic architecture, the church was built towards the end of the 13th century. The standing round wall of the alter with its gothic archers creates a magnificent scene.
According to Assyrian sources from the 7th century B.C., Nicosia used to be a city named Ledra. In about 300 B.C., the son of the Egyptian King Ptolemy Soter I, Lefkos, rebuilt this city and this name is immortalized in the modern name of Lefkosa (Turkish). The Frankish name Nicosia is thought to have appeared in the 12th century.
Richard the Lionheart captured the island of Cyprus on his way to the Holy Land during the Third Crusade in 1191. It was in Cyprus that he married Bregadine of Navarre, who was chosen as his wife by his mother, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. Cyprus remained under Richard's rule for one year until 1192, when he sold it to the Knights Templars who ruled the island from Nicosia. The Templars permitted Guy de Lusignan, who had lost his Kingdom of Jerusalem to his cousin, to buy Cyprus a few months later. From that date onwards, Nicosia remains the capital city of Cyprus.
The Kyrenia Gate is still intact today, and remains as an attractive historic monument situated in North Nicosia. The efforts of the Venetians did not prevent the island from falling to the Ottoman admiral Lala Mustafa Pasha in 1570 during the reign of Sultan Selim II.
Constructed by the Lusignans between 1208 – 1326, Selemiye Mosque, or St. Sophia Catherdral, is widely accepted to be the most important example of Gothic architecture in Cyprus. After the Ottomans conquered Nicosia in 1570, a minaret was added to the cathedral and thus transfers to a mosque – named as Selimiye Mosque in 1954.
The building was constructed in the 12th century as a Byzantine church (The St. Nicholas Church). It was later enlarged by some Gothic annexes built by the Lusignans. After some more changes in the Venetian period, the building was given to the Greek Orthodox Metropolis.
The owner of this two storey mansion built in the 19th century was Dervish Pasha, the publisher of "Zaman" – the first Turkish newspaper in Cyprus. The mansion is in the Arap Ahmet region of Nicosia: this is the region of the walled city which has preserved the fabric of the historical environment most intensely.
The most notable of the mosques built by the Turks in Nicosia is the Arap Ahmet Mosque. The mosque, like many others, was constructed on the site of an old Latin church. Among the marble floor tiles of the mosque are around 25 tombstones with epitaths and drawings. The mosque was named after one of the generals of the Turkish army during the conquest of the island. It is a good example of classical Turkish mosque architecture.
Buyuk Hamam was built on the remains of an old Latin church. The bath still functions today. It is evident from its ornamented Gothic style arched doorway and its stone walls that it was built in the Lusignan period.
The library was constructed by the Ottoman Sultan Mahmut II in 1829. It is close to the eastern entrance of the Selimiye Mosque. The building consists of a large domed room and a domed and arched porch. Like the Arap Ahmet Mosque it is an example of classical Ottoman mosque and medrese (theological school) architecture.
The church was built in the 8th century, probably by refugees from Jerusalem. The sarcophagus of Sister Fimi, an Armenian Saint, is here.
'The Big Inn' situated in the south west of Nicosia, made from hewn stone is two storied and rectangular in plan. The inn, which was the product of the most important Turkish era in Cyprus, was built in 1572 by the first Governor of Cyprus Muzaffer Pasha.
Up to the year 1961 poor families lived in the Inn. Restoration began in 1963 and the Great Khan was re-opened to visitors in 2002. It now is a very popular stop for locals and toursits alike. Lovely authentic bars, restaurants, cafes and gift shops now decorate this once well know Inn.
This small asymmetrical building, of hewn stone, is located on Asmaalti Square in Nicosia, to the north-east of the Buyuk Khan. Its exact date is uncertain as it has a medieval gothic arch in the entry hall and there is a second carved gate inside the passage which is clearly Medieval.
After St. Sophia it is the most notable Lusignan building in Nicosia. The St. Catherine church was built in the fourteenth century and converted into a mosque after the Ottomans gained control of the island. Long, narrow Gothic windows have been placed between the pedestals which get narrower as they approach the ceiling. The west entrance is larger with the same architecture.
The church which is now headquarters of Cyprus Folklore Association, was built in 1758. Archbishop Philatheos was the head of this church.
The Lapidary Museum to the east of the Selimiye Mosque is a Venetian style building constructed in the 15th century. It houses many works of stone (insignias, works of marble, tombs and columns) from the Medieval Age to the present day.
The mosque was constructed in 1825 when Seyit Mehmet Agha was the governor of Cyprus.
The mosque is situated in the walled city and built in 1826. It is one of the two mosques in Cyprus with stone minaret-cones.
The original Yenicami was a 14th century church which was transformed into a mosque by the Ottomans in 1571. Yenicami was almost entirely destroyed in the 18th century and the current mosque was constructed.
The classical Ottoman mosque with Arabic or Northern African architectural taste was built between 1820 – 1824 during the reign of Sultan Mahmut II, but was destroyed during an earthquake in 1902. It was rebuilt in 1903. It now serves as a marriage hall.
The building to the South of the Kyrenia Gate was constructed towards the end of the 16th century by Arap Ahmet Pasha after the conquest of the island by the Ottomans. The building which constitutes a different aesthetic sight in the city center is now used as a museum of ethnography.
The mansion from the 15th century, which is situated within the Lefkosa moat (ramparts), has survived to this day and attracts attention by its Gothic arch entrance door with its Lusignan era coat-of-arms as well as the Ottoman era addition of a "kosk" and decorated wooden ceilings.
The mansion which has a typical inner courtyard characteristic was built from cut stone and is 2-storied with a roof but the added-on "kosk" (kiosk style) was constructed from lath and plaster. The medieval buildings researcher Camille Enlart speaks about this mansion in his book "Gothic Art and Renaissance in Cyprus". The mansion, which has been furnished with authentic furniture of the Lusignan and Ottoman periods, was restored between 1995 – 1997 and is now open to visitors.
Its large eaves hanging into the street have given it its name. The medieval building was restored and enlarged during Ottoman rule and has the characteristics of classical Ottoman architecture. Nowadays it serves as a cultural center where exhibitions, conferences and seminars take place.
The Chapter house is in the gardens of Selimiye Mosque and was built in the 14th century. The two story building was the meeting hall of the priests of St. Sophia Cathedral. It now houses the Association of Museum Friends and the Mountain Climbing Sports Association
This palace was constructed in 1329, and was built upon during the Ottoman Period. It is now used as the Turkish Cypriot Municipalities Union.
The covered bazaar " Bandabulya " was the main market place of the city during Ottoman times, and the historic bazaar is still a superb local market for fresh vegetables, meats, Turkish Delights and Souvenirs.
In the center of the most important square is the Venetian Column, moved from its original spot in Salamis to Nicosia as a tribute to the Venetian rule in Cyprus. On the top of the column was the Lion of St.Mark, at the bottom the coats of arms of noble Venetian families.
The bronze sphere, currently sitting on top of the column, was placed by the British in 1915. In the northern corner of the square, a platform bearing the English coat of arms was constructed in 1953 in honour of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth
Situated in the northwest of Cyprus, It is one of the richest agricultural areas in Cyprus. Guzelyurt is famous world wide for its lemons, oranges, grapefruits and strawberries…
The church in the monastery was originally a Byzantine building, however it has been re-constructed various times, and it has obtained its dominant Gothic style in the middle ages. The icon section dates back to the Lusignan and Venetian periods. The pillars date back to 1500AD, the pulpit was built 1711, the oldest icon 1745 and the monastery rooms 1779. The seat of st. Mamas and the detailed carved stone window of the wear wall have survived to our time.
The church is in the village of Korucham, where most of the Maronite population of Northern Cyprus live. Mass is conducted every Sunday at Ayios Georgios, as well as on other holy days.
The mosque from the Ottoman period was built in the local architectural style. In the garden of the mosque is the marble grave of Vezir Osman Pasha who died in 1839. His marble sarcophagus is one of the most beautiful carving works of the Ottoman period.
The city was constructed as a result of the Athenian statesman Solon's suggestion of building a city near the river Ksero during his visit to the Philokypros, King of Aepia, and thus the city was names "Soli". After the Persian conquest of Soli, the pro Persian king of Marion had the Vouni Palace constructed 5 miles west of the city, in order to keep it under control.
The residence was constructed on a hill of an altitude of 250meters. Its eastern architectural details show that the palace was constructed under Persian rule. The city has 3 terraces on the slope from the top of the hill towards the sea. The palace is thought to have 137 rooms.
Petra Tou Limnidi is a tiny island to the west of Vouni. It is one of the oldest places in Cyprus to be inhabited – Its first inhabitants date back to the Neolithic Age. Between 1927 – 1931 the island was dug and searched by the Archaeological Society of Sweden. Needles made of bones, stone utensils, farming tools and sculptures were discovered.
The city which is also known as the " Dark Hole" dates back to the Early Bronze Age. After a difficult archaeological dig, only a small portion of the city has been un-earthened. 800 antiquities made of gold, silver, bronze and ivory , graves, a ceramics shop and several houses have been revealed. The first grave is thought to be of King Skuru, the mystery around whom has not yet been solved.
The temple, like Tumba Tou Skuru, dates back to the Bronze age. After it was destroyed around 1150 AD it was never used again.
This building used to be used as a Metropole building before 1974. It consists of Local Animals, remnants of the Neolithic and Bronze ages in Cyprus and Geo-metrical, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Eras.
Iskele is a little fishing village between Karpaz and Famagusta. It is very well known for its small harbour, Bogaz, and also for its historical treasures in the heart of the village.
The tiny Byzantine church just outside of Sazlikoy passessess 6th century mosaic figures of Virgin Mary. Around the church are also ruins of an ancient city, which dates back to the late Roman period.
One of the 3 castles on Besparmak Mountain range, Kantara Castle stands 2068 feet above sea level. This castle like the others are thought to have been built for protection against the Arab raids. The castle had its best times during the Lusignan and Venetian Periods.
The 12th century domed church is of very original character. Most of the frescoes have survived to our day.
The little 14th century church is found in the centre of Yeni Iskele. It is said that this church had astonished Queen Maria of Romania, who has a very similar one constructed at the temple on the Black Sea coast.
With its miles of golden sandy beaches, unspoilt countryside, spectacular scenery and unique wildlife – Karpaz will take your breath away! Only a few hours away from Kyrenia you will find another world whose beauty is seen as sacred by the Cypriots….
The monastery is found at the very tip of the Karpaz Peninsula, on Cape Zafer. Apostolos Andreas, who originally was a follower of John the Baptist, His monastery is accepted to be sacred by all Cypriots.
This church is outside Boltashli village. Archaeologists claim that there used to be two churches at this spot, one of which used to belong to the Byzantines.
The castle is located on a cliff on the coast 4 miles south of Kuruova village. It is thought to have been built for protection against Egyptian raids during the Bronze Age. The ruins have survived to our day.
The city which was constructed during the Neolithic period is one of the oldest settlements in all of Cyprus. The findings suggest that the inhabitants during the Neolithic period were fishermen and farmers.
The 5th Century basilica, situated near Sipahi village on the Karpaz peninsula, was discovered in 1957 by chance. The basilica mosaics are full of leaf and cross figures.
This church was built in the 5th century BC, It was the heart of the ancient Phoenician city of Karpasia which used to be a market place between Salamis and Anatolia.
Ruins of an ancient marina, tombs from the Hellenistic period and a fortress from the Late Greek period can all be seen at the site of Aphendrika which used to be one of the six major towns in Cyprus in the 3rd century BC.


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Singapore's radio station – ufm1003 – recently held a voting session for the top 1000 chinese songs. Listeners were first asked to nominate the songs, then the top 1500 songs that recieved nominations were opened for voting for the top 1000 songs.
The following are in 350th-301th place, where the songs are ordered by lower ranking to higher ranking, and the first song in this play list is 350th.


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