Just a note to you to give everyone a hearty congratulations. It is really cool to have these guys living right here in SLC. I have enjoyed the site
all during the ascent and descent. I hope to meet them when they return.
 
 These guys are true, real celebrities. No one can hold a candle to them. I wish Lhakpa well in getting his children here to the states.
 
Thanks to everyone who put this historical event on.

Curt Van Hove
Sandy, UT 84093

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 Apa and Lakpa, Namaste!! Congratulations on your successful summit
and safe return to base camp!  And congratulations to the rest of the
team! I know it must feel good to know that you achieved success with
an all Sherpa team. 

 I can't tell you how much we have enjoying reading your daily
progress on the Tribune's web page! In past years I tried to follow
your climbing progress on other web pages but I couldn't get much
information.  It has been exciting to track daily what is going on as
well as viewing the great pictures and videos.

 We are so relieved that you are down safely. You know that you have
all been in our thoughts. Have a safe journey home to your families
in Salt Lake City. We will look forward to seeing all of you when you
return!

Larry and DeDe Barrigar
Salt Lake City, Utah

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     Dear SuperSherpa Team,
    We have been following your daily progress! Your expedition has been very interesting and exciting! We look forward to seeing you when you arrive at home.
    Best Wishes and Safety to all!
    Love
    Willow Springs Students, Faculty and Staff.

P.S. Mrs Wrights 5th grade class has almost reached the summit (miles walked per week) on our Mount Everest Map at school!

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    To the entire SuperSherpas Team:
    Congratulations on a job well done! What an extraordinary achievement for all of you!
    -- Chuck Huss, Iowa City, team member with Apa '98, '00, '03 and '05.

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    Congrats to Apa and Lhakpa and all on summiting, and good luck and prayers for safe return home!
    Love,
    Nancy, Bill, Devon and Lauralyn

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    We've been reading the blog daily on the progress and have been glued to it today. Congratulations to everyone there for the success of the SuperSherpas team! How exciting! Our prayers for safety have been answered, be careful coming down and have a safe trip home to Utah. We look forward to welcoming you back.
   -- The Huffaker Family
   Salt Lake City

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    Thank you for maintaining this blog. We felt part of the adventure. This has been fantastic. Thank you.
   -- Randy Larsen
    Salt Lake City    

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    Hello, I just want you all to know that my husband, John Koprowski lived in Nepal for 2 years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Okuldunga and fell in love with your people and culture. He approached Sir Edmund Hillary to accompany him down a river, but Hillary was not interested.
    John loved the Nepalis and the Sherpas. He had many opportunities to witness folklore around the campsites - Sherpa Tenzing pulling Sir Edmund up to the summit! John has since died, but I have been watching the Sherpas as they continue their climb to the summit. I know that John would have been there to cheer all of you on as you embrace your great task. And I know that he would have the utmost confidence in you. He knew it was the special Sherpa power that led him and kept him safe in the mountains. I send my prayers to all of you who are on Everest now. I will follow you down the mountain and to safety - and to your families. I feel a very close relationship with all of you.
   -- Pam Koprowski
    St. Louis, MO

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    Congratulations to all who made this event a great success! As you can see I am Jerry's mother who lives in the state of Washington and have been following this fantastic event since day one. I love the Sherpas. What a great group of people! I can relate to Pink Floyd because Jerry listened to them when he was a teenager. I pray that they get back safely and home soon.
  --  Laraine E. Mika

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   I am absolutely amazed at the Sherpa people and how much they are the backbone of every expedition in the Himalayas. Everest is "their" mountain. Every blog that I read says "we could not do it without the Sherpas". Every story where there is someone in trouble ends up with a Sherpa saving them or helping them in some way and without any regard for their own life.
    I think I can connect with them in some very small way as I am a nurse and I do risk a lot every day when I care for my patients. And it really is a thankless job. But I am called to do it. The Sherpa people are ‘born' into it. But they risk their life in an extreme way every day of the climbing season. My risk does not compare.
    There are Sherpa cooks at high camps just waiting for the teams to make their summit bids. They have had to withstand the extreme wind storms that try to destroy the high camps and I can just see them working to save all camps and not just the ones that they have been hired to take care of. That is the kind of people they are. The Sherpas that climb the mountains with the climbers are super human! They are amazing physically, psychologically and emotionally. I hope that one day I get the privilege of meeting the Sherpa people.
    I am really looking forward to seeing the documentary on these amazing people!
    -- Annette

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    Before Apa and the team left Utah for the Everest expedition I found the Kharma outdoor clothing place after discovering Apa was working there. If it rings a bell to Apa I'm the Nurse from Utah. To date meeting Apa has been one one the highlights of my life (he signed a poster for me and a postcard for my son) and my family (extended famiy included) are watching intensely the progress of the climb. I wish I had the capital to be a major fund on this climb, but at very least my family and I want you all to know we are thinking of you all and praying for your safe success.
    Mainly don't let any seracs in the khumbu fall fall on your head, I dont know if I have any skill to fix that one since the seracs are about the size of a four bedroom home.
    But say hi to all, know we fully support you, our prayers are with you, and we have great anticipation on meeting the team once you return back to Utah.
    --Best Wishes,
    D. Shane Schaalje RN, BSN

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    Namaste, Apa Sherpa, Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa, Jerry and Other Team Members: What an awesome experience this has been following the 2007 Super Sherpa's Expedition half a world away via the internet.
    I know that your are missing your son's high school graduation to make this happen and that cannot be easy. The Sherpa's story is long overdue in being told. As everyone on the team knows, without the humble Sherpa people, Westerners and others would as of yet stood on the highest point on the planet.
    I believe that the expedition will go a long ways in raising the awareness of the Sherpa's history with this magnificent mountain and Himalaya region in general, and how for very low pay they risk their lives daily, season after season in the hopes that their children may receive an education so that they do not have to climb out of necessity.
    It is also my hope that the expedition will also raise awareness as to the need for continued assistance for the Sherpa people for education and health care, things we as Westerners take for granted all to often. My thoughts and prayers for a safe and successful expedition are with the entire team. Godspeed in your journey.
   -- Todd Hopkins
    Salt Lake City, Utah