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Thursday, May 26, 2011

100% seccessful expedition to Mt. Everest & Lhotse of Alpine Ascents International Team- Spring 2011

Another successful Mt. Everest expedition- spring 2011























On May 14th at 4:45 pm the following two Sherpa of the Alpine Ascents International 2011 Expedition reached the Summit of Lhotse

1. Tshering Dorjee Sherpa 39 Juving 1 Karikhola
2. Passang Tsheri Sherpa 36 Namche 5 Thamo

And, On May 15th at 5:50 am the following Member of the Alpine Ascents
International 2011 Expedition reached the Summit Lhotse
1. James Michael Horst 33 Guide Bainbridge Island, WA,USA

At 4:22 am on May 20th 2011, Garrett Madison,Tom Halliday and Kami Rita Sherpa made the summit of Lhotse!! Tom and Garrett were both on the summit of Everest at 8am May 19th. This makes Tom Halliday the first person to be successfully guided to the summits of both Everest and Lhotse (the worlds highest and 4th highest peak) in under 24 hours and is one of only three individuals that have now down so; himself and Alpine Ascents guides Garrett Madison and Michael Horst.


















Ben Jones is team leader for Michael Horst's Nuptse expedition- S2011