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PAST ADVENTURES!
Welcome to David Lim's website on Singapore mountaineering expeditions to Everest, Shishapangma, Cho Oyu, Elbrus, Kilimanjaro, Aconcagua, The Tien Shan and the greater Himalayas. Scroll down for information , dispatches and pictures.
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Alpinism in the land of the Ayatollahs. Join David and Grant in a Jun06alpine climbing buffet in the Alborz mountains in Iran, followed by an ascent the long northeast ridge of Damavand ( 5671m), Asia's highest volcano. The climbs were featured in the June07 edition of Action Asia magazine |
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First Southeast-Asian team to summit virgin peaks. Follow the MacCoffee Tien Shan Expedition 2005 to Kazakhstan for historic adventures on 3 summits |
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The 3rd solo ever on the world's highest volcano, Ojos Del Salado 6893m via Argentina.David's record-setting climb in 2005 included an ascent of Cerro Medusa. |
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Nike Timing's Fuji Climb, Winter 2004. David, Ting Sern and Masaharu give a shot at climbing Mt Fuji in the depths of winter |
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Voltaren Kilimanjaro Challenge 2004. Four disabled mountaineers tackle the Western Breach route in heavy snow conditions. Meet Jamie, a quadruple amputee! |
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Mt Elbrus, Europe's Summit (5642m). Read about this windy climb in Russia, led by Dave for South Col Adventures in July 2003. |
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Mountain of the Star Expedition 2003: An all disabled mountaineers' climb of Mexico's volcanoes by Wong Ting Sern and David Lim. L: Luis, high on the Espinosa Route on Orizaba (5700m); Mexico's highest peak. |
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ASCENT 8000: Climbs in Spring 2002 on Shishapangma (8046m) and Cho Oyu (8201m) by disabled climber David Lim.
A two-man attempt to climb, back-to-back, two 8000m peaks without the use of bottled oxygen.
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Summit climb of Mera Central Peak 6461m, March 2002. Warming up for two 8000m peaks on on of Nepal's most popular 6000m peaks in the quiet Hinku Valley |
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Climbing Mt Ararat, 5165m in Turkey, August 2001 - a rare and special climb up the biblical legend
Join the South Col Adventures team and David Lim on this journey to Eastern Anatolia
L: Faye Lee triumphant on the top |
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The Singapore-Latin American Everest Expedition in 2001 to the north ridge, Tibet. Join David and friends on a day to day account of an international expedition, and its dramatic conclusion. The expedition set new altitude records by climbers from Singapore as well as changing mindsets as to the limitations of disabled people. |
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Chile, Atacama Desert. and the High Andes, Jan 2001. Gil, David, Jorge and TingSern worked out on Cerro Plomo and Ojos Del Salado. |
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Tien Shan, Jul 2000. David, Wilfred and Roz with the CLIMB 2000 team training on Bayankol and Karly Tau peaks in Kazakstan |
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Feb 2000. David and Wilfred make the first all-Singapore ascent of Aconcagua (6962m) via the Polish Traverse and in alpine-style.
READ: The 28pp excerpt on the Aconcagua expedition; taken from David Lim's new book AGAINST GIANTS. |
Welcome to David Lim's website on mountaineering expeditions to Everest, Shishapangma, Elbrus, Kilimanajaro, Aconcagua, The Tien Shan and the greater Himalayas.Visit for information , dispatches and pictures.
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Ascents of
two 8000m peaks
in 2002 by disabled Singaporean mountaineer
David Lim
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Expeditions and climbs by David Lim and friends |
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LATEST DISPATCHES
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Queenstown, New Zealand,Aug 6th David's latest speaking engagement to a multinational in New Zealand - continuing to inspire and energise corporations. Contact him via Everest Motivation Team for a presentation
[ Photo:Otago Daily Times feature story Aug 8 ]
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Singapore July / August : David's hectic speaking schedule included involvement with the Mnistry of Education's EduQuest programme - using technology and the outdoors as a living classroom, ASCENT 8000 brought new insights to hundreds of schoolchildren in the Northwest region of Singapore
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Beaten, not Bowed?
Me, just after returning from the summit attempt on Shisha and after 4 weeks without a bath!!
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Singapore - 18 July : David will be the guest on 93.8FM Newsradio channel's " The Living Room" chat show. Be ready to tune-in or phone-in your questions, 1030am - 12 noon, July 18th, Thursday |
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Singapore - 12 June. It's been 2 weeks since my return. A superb end to this expedition was the meeting of many many old friends in Kathmanduin the evenings; catching up on stories and our lives. Pictured above are a few of them, old and new friends. L to R: Yuri Ermachek, Alexei Bolotov, myself, Gavin Bate and Alexei Rospopov.
An X-ray recently suggests I may have been climbing Shishapangma with a stress fracture in my right ankle sustained on Mera Peak - hence the awful pain. Until the next climb!
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ASCENT 8000 ARCHIVED DISPATCHES ( 2002 Expeditions ) : |
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Cho Oyu (8,201m) |
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Mera Peak (6,476m). |
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Shishapangma (8,012m) |
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On April 2nd, partially disabled Singaporean mountaineer David Lim summitted Mera CentralPeak (6,460m+) with MB Tamang. Crossing the 5000-metres Zatrwa La pass, David and MB will trace the traditional route east to Mera for a lightweight ascent. ARCHIVED REPORTS |
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6 May, David and MB attempted to summit Shishapangma. They reached 7,600m before they had to turn back due to dangerous ice conditions. ARCHIVED REPORTS |
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From Advance BaseCamp, a 5 hour moraine slog to Camp 1 (6,400m) and then over 2 steep ice cliffs to Camp 2 (6,800m). A sustained 45 degree snow slope goes to Camp 3 from whence we will give the top a shot on the 18th May. ARCHIVED REPORTS |
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EXPEDITION PICTURE (section refreshed more regularly during and after expeditions) |
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| Mera Peak is located at the head of the quiet and remote Hinku valley, an area of the Mt Everest region rarely frequented by trekkers or visitors. Lim, Singapore's first professional mountaineer, and his Nepali partner MB Tamang did not have the usual kitchen crew that all teams use in the Hinku. They travelled into Mera basecamp with just two porters. |
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| Donkey's Ears (c.3900m) on western summit plateau of Mt Kinabalu. Easy access, thin air, great views and multi-pitch climbs from your tent or hut. KK is located in the East Malaysia state of Sabah. A popular training ground for David. '95 pic. |
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