EVEREST 2002

Himalayan Guides and Hungarian Everest/Lhotse Expeditions at Everest Base Camp. (from right to left): Zoltan, Geoffrey, Varkonyi, Ralf (with instrument), Mecs, Andrew, Jo, Mike, Zolt, Nima

The route to the summit from basecamp. C IV is on the South Col.

View of Mt Everest from the Space Shuttle. The instrument is located on the Col between the South Face and the Kangshung Face.

The  instrument was started at Everest Base camp on the 1st of May 2002 at 16:05 LT.  On May 17th it was placed on the South Col of Everest (7861.986 m,  27.92N, 86.93E near Camp IV) by Geoffrey Stanford, Pasang Dawa and Gurmin Dorje. Measurements will be made every 5 minutes and the plan is to pick up the instrument in Spring 2003 and replace it with another one.

Pasang Dawa with our instrument at it's final location on the South Col.

Pasang Dawa and Gurmin Dorj standing on the South Col.

Camp IV on the South Col with a view of the summit route.

Geoffrey on the summit with Peter's Bear. The bear is to be auctioned for charity.

This trip was overshadowed by Peter's death on the 30th April. Peter slipped  200 meters into a crevasse while descending down from Camp III to Camp II.  We were due to meet up with him that same morning. Peter was an enthusiastic fan of the project. He  came to visit us several times at Imperial  and the team was always excited when he came. Peter took the instrument to Base Camp for us and we are all indebted to him.

Memorial built to Peter near Lobuche.