A unique opportunity to be part of the 25th anniversary of
Everest 88
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The first British ascent without oxygen
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HIS HISTORIC ANNIVERSARY will be celebrated at the Royal Geographical Society in London on Thursday March 14th 2013.
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It will bring together for the first time in 25 years the entire team: Englishman, Stephen Venables; Americans, Robert Anderson and Ed Webster; and Canadian Paul Teare. Their new route up the mighty Kangshung Face
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has been described by Reinhold Messner as ‘probably
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the most adventurous expedition in Everest’s history’.
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This celebratory evening will be a wonderful opportunity to hear from the four climbers and
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their base camp team about their perilous journey.
This event will attract wide media interest with its
The presentation will include some of the most
international appeal which in turn, will benefit our
dramatic photographs ever taken on Everest.
major sponsors. Enclosed, you will find details of
The evening is open to members of the Royal Geographical Society and the general public and there
our sponsorship packages and more on the Everest expedition and brainstrust.
will also be an exclusive number of VIP tickets which
We would be delighted to answer any queries you
will include a champagne reception and, after the
may have and would welcome an opportunity to
presentation, a delicious 3-course dinner together with
discuss this exciting opportunity with you in
the Everest team who will be ‘on hand’ to answer any
further detail.
questions you may have.
Jacqui Cowen
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This prestigious evening offers a superb opportunity
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that has global/international appeal within a unique sponsorship package. The evening is also being held to raise funds for brainstrust, the Meg Jones brain cancer charity. This is a cause very close to Stephen’s heart: his eldest son Ollie, was diagnosed with a brain tumour and sadly died at the age of 12. Stephen is a patron of brainstrust and is keen to raise awareness of the work of the charity through holding this event.
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The reunion event in March 2013, which is happening in the same year as the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest, will be a wonderful opportunity to hear from the four climbers and their base camp team about the perilous journey which saw them not only 1988©Venables
pioneer a new route up the mountain’s biggest face, but also saw Stephen surviving an unplanned night in the open at 28,000 feet – a world record for a solo bivouac – on his way back from reaching the summit alone, without oxygen. The one-and-a-half hour presentation will include some of the most dramatic photographs ever taken on Everest, illustrating first hand tales from the team
At a time when ascents of Everest have become commonplace, the 1988 expedition remains unique and special. Its extraordinary achievements included: n
Small team of just four climbers
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No support by high altitude porters
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No supplementary oxygen
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Spectacular new route up the mighty Kangshung
which forged one of the hardest routes up the world’s highest mountain, without the help of high altitude porters or oxygen equipment. They called their route ‘Neverest’. The world-renowned climber Reinhold
Face in Tibet
Everest’s history’. Lord Hunt, patron of the expedition, described it as ‘amongst the most remarkable ordeals
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from which men and women have returned alive’. This will be the first time that the entire team has been together for 25 years – a unique opportunity to hear how they wrote one of the most extraordinary chapters in Everest’s history.
World record solo bivouac at 8,600 metres and First British ascent without oxygen
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Epic retreat by Venables, Anderson and Webster
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John Hunt, leader of the 1953 ascent, was ‘Honorary Leader’ of Everest 88
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Messner said it was ‘probably the most adventurous in
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The Team Robert Anderson (US)
Core Support Team Norbu Tenzing (US)
Expedition Leader, Guide, advertising creative director
Ed Webster (US)
who made the first ascent Mimi Zieman (US)
World famous rock climbing pioneer
Physician, expedition doctor
and mountain writer
Joe Blackburn (US)
Paul Teare (US/Canada) Carpenter and mountaineer
Expedition press and advertising photographer
Pasang Norbu (Nepal)
Summit climber, writer and public speaker
Expedition sirdar (headman) and cook
Miklos Pinther (US)
Chief Cartographer to the United Nations
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Stephen Venables (UK)
Son of Tenzing Norgay
Sandy Wylie (UK)
Expedition Treasurer
Wendy Davis (US)
Fundraiser and publicist
❝Amongst the most remarkable ordeals From which men and women have returned alive ❞
1988©Webster
Lord John Hunt