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-- Brett Prettyman
Base Camp Blog
5/30/2007 2:44:40 PM -- The SuperSherpas are home, much to the relief of their families and friends.
See a story about the emotional reunion here. Pictures from the homecoming are posted in the photo gallery.
5/28/2007 11:30:30 AM -- The SuperSherpas team is coming home.
We would like to personally Thank The Assistant Manager Rajana Karthak of THAI Airways for all of her hard work today as she has helped our team booking the flights nessesary to come home. We would also like to thank everyone who has been apart of this team and to you the readers for all your support.
We're adding a few photos of the country and the special people who have welcomed us as their own. Thank you Nepal for all of your hospitality and thank you to the people of the Khumbu region for your smiles and kindness that you have shown us.
When we get home we have more wonderful pictures and stories to post on the site. We have so much more to tell about this special country and the special people.
From Kathmundu, this is our last dispatch. Thank you all again we will be home on the 30th of May at 10:00 a.m.
5/25/2007 6:31:57 AM -- Hello from Kathmandu. It is a great day today as we have finalized Lhakpa Gelu Sherpas family's paperwork and we would like to thank the US Emabassy in Kathmandu for their help in this matter.
Lhakpa's and Fuli's Children are coming to Utah!!
This project has been a team effort and I would like to thank everyone involved in this process. Mr Lance Bunker of Sandy Utah, Mr. Rulon Bunker of Bountiful, Utah Thank you for your support and help with the SuperSherpas team. It was a great pleasure to have you along on the support team.
Congratulations to my son. My thoughts and love are with you today and I want to wish you a happy graduation. I love you very much!!
Apa
Sherpa World record holder with 16 summits, four without oxygen, on Mt. Everest. The 5-foot-4, 122-pound climber was dubbed as Super Tiger of Everest by a Swiss team he helped summit. Has made it to the top every year since with the exception of the infamous 1996 season when his good friend Rob Hall died on the mountain.
Lhakpa Gelu
Sherpa Broke the speed record for climbing from Everest base camp to the summit with a time of 10 hours, 56 minutes in 2003. Lhakpa climbed at a rate of 1,000 feet per hour during his summit. Has made it to the top 12 times.
Follow the Super Sherpa expedition from Base Camp to the summit of Mount Everest.
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Donations to the SuperSherpas 2007 Expedition can be made by calling the SnowBird Renaissance Center at 801-933-2028.
In conjunction with this expedition a book and documentary are in development. The proceeds from these ventures and the future speaking fees of Apa and Lhakpa will ensure their ability to not only feed their families and to provide for their education but to also enrich the Nepali people through educational and other vital programs.
Apa
