An all-disabled mountaineers' ascent of Pico de Orizaba, 5700m, also known as the Mountain of the Star - Mexico's highest peak and North America's 3rd highest mountain
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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.
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
First Southeast-Asian team to summit virgin peaks. Follow the MacCoffee Tien Shan Expedition 2005 to Kazakhstan for historic adventures on 3 summits
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.
Nike Timing's Fuji Climb, Winter 2004. David, Ting Sern and Masaharu give a shot at climbing Mt Fuji in the depths of winter
Voltaren Kilimanjaro Challenge 2004. Four disabled mountaineers tackle the Western Breach route in heavy snow conditions. Meet Jamie, a quadruple amputee!
See the photo gallery! Mt Elbrus, Europe's Summit (5642m). Read about this windy climb in Russia, led by Dave for South Col Adventures in July 2003.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
Chile, Atacama Desert. and the High Andes, Jan 2001. Gil, David, Jorge and TingSern worked out on Cerro Plomo and Ojos Del Salado.
Tien Shan, Jul 2000. David, Wilfred and Roz with the CLIMB 2000 team training on Bayankol and Karly Tau peaks in Kazakstan
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.

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ASCENT 8000: Climbs in Spring 2002 on Shishapangma (8046m) and Cho Oyu (8201m) by disabled climber David Lim
Summit climb of Mera Central Peak 6461m, March 2002. Warming up for two 8000m peaks
Climbing Mt Ararat, 5165m in Turkey, August 2001 - a rare and special climb up Turkey's legendary mountain.

Left: Faye Lee happy and triumphant on the top
The Singapore-Latin American Everest Expedition in 2001 to the north ridge, Tibet. Join David and friends on a day to day account of a spectacular international expedition and its dramatic conclusion
Chile, Jan 2001. Gil, David, Jorge and TingSern worked out on Cerro Plomo and Ojos Del Salado
Tien Shan, Jul 2000. David, Wilfred and Roz with the CLIMB 2000 team training on Bayankol and Karly Tau peaks in Kazakstan
Feb 2000. David and Wilfred make the first all-Singapore ascent of Aconcagua (6962m) via the Polish Traverse and in alpine-style
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LATEST DISPATCHES
Dave, after reaching the summit of Orizaba
8 March 2003
Pyramid of the Sun,
Teotihuacan
Mexico's Other Wonders, Tue, 11 Mar 2003 21:21

A trip to any country just to climb it's mountains would expose us as philistines.As for Mexico, we've enjoyed the great hospitality of the people here, the varied and wonderful food. A small part of Mexico also knows about Singapore too and summitting Orizaba is one more small step in telling the climbing world about who we are and where we live.

Now we're wrapping up the trip with a chance to experience some of this great country's history and culture; beginning with the pre-Aztec pyramids and city of Teotihuacan. Established in 400BC, the height of one of the most advanced ancient cultures saw the construction of the enormous pyramids of the Moon and Sun-largely for religious reasons (unlike the funerary pyramids of Egypt ). Despite aching legs from last weekend's climbs on Orizaba, we toiled up the comparatively mild 60m to the pyramid's top. We finally got Ting Sern on top of something! ;-)

Many thanks for all your email, esp. from CHIJ Kellock and Seng Kang Secondary Schools.Your pennants and caps were carried to the summit of Orizaba,as was the Henry Park flag. We'll be bringing back some history and stories about the climb and this fascinating country.

Thanks to our supporters, SSC,NTUC Income and Singapore Pools. And thanks to Ad Idem for updating the website.
TS and I shall be back on Mar 14 on different flights (TS on SQ29, around 1130am from Los Angeles and me at abt 230 pm on Malaysia Airlines on MH691 via Kuala Lumpur).

Thanks for surfing in...
Hasta luego,
David
Cactus Delights, Tue, 11 Mar 2003 07:51

MOUNTAINEERING 'AMBASSADORS' IN MEXICO CULINARY EXCHANGE
One of the great moments of any climbing expedition is to be able to impress on your host country something that is quintessentially Singaporean.

Being the first Singaporean expedition to Mexico, it's been interesting to share with them things Singaporean. Our excellent hotel owner and host in Tlachichuca, Senor Gerardo Claudio and his wife, Lourdes, treated us to a meal of broiled beef and seasoned 'nopales', a succulent cactus plant.It's eaten minus the spines, of course and that explains the many fields of cacti we've seen.Nopales tastes like artichoke hearts. In return our Mexican friends tried beef 'bak kwa' and Chinese sesame seed dessert. The latter looks a bit like used motor oil but thankfully tastes better and Gerardo and us had a good laugh when other family members approached the dark mess with more caution.

On the summit of Las Rodillas on Izta, Luiz, Arturo and Beton shared a drop of tequila and an orange with me.

For a while, you aren't mountaineers or disabled folks or tourists but friends.This is what it's all about. Thank you for the memories: recuerdos de los Izta y Orizaba

Dave and TS
ASCENT 8000 ARCHIVED DISPATCHES ( 2002 Expeditions ) :
Shishapangma (8,046m) Cho Oyu (8,201m) Mera Peak (6,476m).
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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 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 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
EXPEDITION PICTURE
Cho Oyu Expedition 1997
David makes the hard push from Camp 2 (7000m) to Camp 3 (7400m). He led Singapore's first successful attempt to an 8000m peak and summitted with four others in autumn 1997.
From this point every camp between the summit camp (3) and basecamp can be seen down the northwest ridge.
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