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News release: 1 Jan 2005, 3rd Place; Best of ExplorersWeb 2004 awards

2004

BEST of EXPLORERSWEB
 

 

1. Magic Line   
K2

2. Russian Jannu Exp.   
Jannu North Face

3. Over Everest - Richard
      Over Everest - Angelo   
Everest Ultra light

4. Dominick Arduin   
North Pole

5. Spaceship One   
Space

6. Central North Wall   
Mount Everest

7. Russian Extreme Pr.    
Amin Brakk BASE jump

8. Fiona & Rosie    
South Pole


Special mention:

Edurne Pasaban
Juanito Oiarzabal
K2

Henk De Velde
North West Passage

Pavel Rezvoy
Atlantic

Nawang Sherpa
Everest

 

The Spirit of Adventure

 

ExplorersWeb helped us greatly during the expedition by providing us with high altitude weather forecasts daily. Now, against formidable competition, our expedition has been awarded third place in the best of ExplorersWeb 2004 awards. ExplorersWeb say:
 

ExplorersWeb has been awarded best of adventure by National Geographic and best of the web by Forbes magazine. What is then the Best of ExplorersWeb?

We have covered hundreds of expeditions in 2004. It's difficult to choose the best, as they all contributed in their own way, sharing their story - their very soul in fact - with us and the world.

And yet, there are those who continue to linger in our minds long after their final debrief. We have chosen 8 expeditions who have contributed in an extraordinary way to the Spirit of Adventure in the year of 2004.

Awaiting news on his climbers summit push, Ellie, the BC manager of Alpine Ascents suddenly dispatched: "We are also being treated to a rare sight this morning - there are a couple of ultralights flying around up toward the Western Cwm..."

We jumped up from our NYC predawn summit push slumber. "Flymicro! Flymicro!" the shouts echoed around the ExWeb office. It was unexpected. There was no warning, no build up. All of a sudden, the guys just took off.

FlyMicro stunned the entire mountain as they came soaring toward the summit. Wide eyed climbers near the top and below awed at the sight of a strange bird flying up Mount Everest West Face.

The gliders waved at the climbers and then they were gone. Well, at least Angelo was. You rarely get a story like this one even at ExplorersWeb.

The Flymicro totally blew our minds (even though the snapped line leaves a question mark for comradeship :). The team stays in our memory for their tremendous courage, ingenuity and very simply - a Great Spirit of Adventure!
 
By their performance, the awarded expeditions have proved themselves outstanding in all or most of the following:
- Courage
- Determination
- Persistence
- Self reliance
- Ingenuity
- Pioneering
- Idealism
- Comradeship
- Compassion
- Respect towards competition
- Honesty

All we can say is, it's a great honour to receive this award, thankyou, and a happy new year to everyone!

ICARO 2000 Hang Gliding World Champion
 
 
THE NORTH FACE clothing for extreme conditions
 
 
ALPHA emergency parachute
 
 
The FIAT group
 
 
Articole Studios - GRP mouldings
 
 
MAINAIR SPORTS  manufacturers of fine microlight Aircraft
 
 
AdventureWeather.com providing Meteorological information to the expedition
 
 
SKYDRIVE, the UK Distributor of ROTAX engines
 
 
Lyndhurst Touchdown Services.  Supplier of fuel system components to the expedition.
 
 
Industrial Pressure Testing Ltd; Suppliers of Oxygen cylinders to the expedition.
 
 
PARAMINA; Suppliers of Oxygen equipment to the expedition
 
 
BAILEY AVIATION manufacturers of Paramotors and automotive sport acessories
 
 
O-ZEE flight suits.  Suppliers of Bar-mitts to the expedition.
 
 
Neltec flexible heaters
 
 
Mainair Sports; UK dealer for Warp Drive Propellors
 
 
PEGASUS AVIATION manufacturers of fine microlight Aircraft
 
 
Gerbings heated clothing
 
 
Quatar airways
 
 
FLYCOM Intercom and Radio equipment
 
 
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