generali international himalayan expedition 2000 summit of mera peak (6461 m) 14.5.2000
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GENERALI INTERNATIONAL HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION 2000
Summit of Mera Peak (6461 m)14.5.2000
GENERALI INTERNATIONAL HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION 2000
The third stage of
Peaks for Generali Projects/Happenings
as informally embedded into the triestiner campaign
GENERALI GROUP – THE INSURER WITHOUT FRONTIERS
(territorial, functional, horizontal, vertical, … )
GENERALI INTERNATIONAL HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION 2000
Peaks for Generali
Episodes:– 1998: Mont Blanc (4810 m)
(color enclosure of Partner 5/1998)– 1999: Elbrus (5642 m)
(Partner 6/1999)– 2000: Mera Peak (6461 m)
(Partner 4/2000)– 2001+ : ???
GENERALI INTERNATIONAL HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION 2000
Expedition members
Jiří Potužil (CZ)
MarcelaKobíková (CZ)
Radovan Gregor (CZ)
László Rubint (HU)
From left side:
GENERALI INTERNATIONAL HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION 2000
Achievements - Summary
2 sixthousanders reached, third attacked 8 other five thousand cotas (summits, pre-summits,
passes) 19 nights over 4000m, including 5 over 5000m approx.. 28 000 m of ascend and 28 000 m of
descend more than 540 km, over 300 hours with heavy
equipped rucksacks psychological, social ...
GENERALI INTERNATIONAL HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION 2000
Achievements - Details I
Summits Mera Peak East (6461 m) Island Peak Middle (Imja Tse, 6100 m) Kala Pattar North (5600 m) Knobby View (Ngozumpa Tse, 5553 m) Gokyo Peak (5360 m)
Presummits Kangchung Nup (5800 m; of 6089 m) Nameless Fangs (5400 m; of 5800 m)
GENERALI INTERNATIONAL HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION 2000
Achievements - Details II
Passes Amphu Labtsa – high rock route (5900 m) Chola La (5553 m) Kongma La (5535 m) Mera La (5415 m) two times by different ways
Given up: Summit of Kangchung Nup
(difficult technical climbing) breaking through lower Hunku Valley
(impassable wilderness)
GENERALI INTERNATIONAL HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION 2000
Altitude map I
Altitude Map
1 93
52
400 2
705
1 64
0
3 53
0
3 15
0
1 55
0
2 95
0
2 76
0
3 45
03
250
3 86
0
4 60
0
4 30
05
340
4 99
04
750
5 55
3
4 70
0
5 80
0
4 84
5
4 94
05
600
4 94
05
535
4 60
0
6 10
0
4 75
0
5 90
0
4 75
0
6 46
1
4 60
0
3 15
0
4 60
05
415
4 35
0
3 50
0
4 50
0
1 55
0
3 53
0
1 64
0
3 50
0
1 93
5
0
1 000
2 000
3 000
4 000
5 000
6 000
7 000
0 100 200 300 400 500
km
m
Mera Peak
Mera La
Island Peak
Amphu La
Gokyo Peak
Kangchung Nup
Namche BazarLamjura
La
KenjaDudh Khosi
Hunku valey - jungle
Pass over Thali
Kharka
Jiri
Deboche
Gokyo Chukhung Lamjura
La
Dudh Khosi Kenja
Jiri
GENERALI INTERNATIONAL HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION 2000
Ama Dablan with a lodge (Chukhung)
GENERALI INTERNATIONAL HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION 2000
Cooking in a lodge
GENERALI INTERNATIONAL HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION 2000
Eating in a lodge
GENERALI INTERNATIONAL HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION 2000
Sleeping in a lodge
GENERALI INTERNATIONAL HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION 2000
Ama Dablan from Deboche
GENERALI INTERNATIONAL HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION 2000
Ascending Island Peak (at 5800m)
GENERALI INTERNATIONAL HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION 2000
Climbing on Island Peak (at 6000 m)
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Camping under Amphu Labtsa pass(5 300 m)
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Climbing to Amphu Labtsa pass (High rock route at 5700 m)
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Climbing to Amphu Labtsa pass
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Feeling of victory at Amphu La (5 900 m)
GENERALI INTERNATIONAL HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION 2000
Magnificent descending through kingdom of seracs
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Mera Peak, high camp (5900 m)
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Sunrise at 6 100 m...
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… and morning at 6 200 m
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Summit of Mera Peak (6 461 m)with Mt. Everest in background