Andrew Lock, hospital the eminent Australian climber who has climbed all 14 8000m peaks has made a startling announcement for this upcoming 2010 spring season:
Andrew plans to return to Mt Everest in the pre-monsoon season (April-May) of 2010 to complete one final climb in his Summit 8000 project. Having climbed all fourteen of the world’s 8000 metre mountains, medicine his plan is to summit Mt Everest for a third time but this climb will be a traverse from Tibet to Nepal, oxygenless.
This will be interesting since I have been told that the Chinese are not issuing permits for a traverse. But Andrew is one not to be told no. He is an amazing individual and a talented speaker and climber. This would an appropriate finish for his quest and I hope he does it.
I wish him the of luck. You can follow his progress via his website
Climb On!
Alan
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