Clothes and tents! Everest 2001
Q- What clothings do climbers wear? A- Virtually all climbers today follow the layering system. Basically, it consists of 3 layers – the outer shell, the middle layer, and a innermost layer. Let’s start with...
Summit of Majulah Peak, 5152m, Highest Virgin Peak climbed by SE Asian mountaineers, Aug 13, 2009
This is a short video of our summit experience when we topped out, in deteriorating conditions of Peak 5152m, just...
Dispatches, stories & photos of the 1st Singapore Mt Everest Expedition 1998
These pages, for the first time since all the 1996 – 1998 online dispatches and expedition information were accidentally deleted...
Major Events 1993-1994 of the 1st Singapore Everest Expedition 1998
Oct 1993 – David Lim, on behalf of the Mountaineering Society, applies and secures a permit from the Nepal Government for the climbing of Mt Everest for the spring season 1998. The application is backed by...
Major Events 1995-1996 of the 1st Singapore Everest Expedition 1998
Most of 1994 was spent organising a team, as well as beginning the fundraising drive. This was largely spearheaded by...
Major Events 1997-1998 of the 1st Singapore Everest Expedition 1998
1997: President Ong Teng Cheong included us in his annual TV charity fundraiser – the President’s Star Charity Show –...
1998 Singapore Everest Expedition Dispatches – April
Everest Base Camp 5,400m, Wed, April 1 1998 Ice doctors and winds David Lim, Expedition Leader On March 31st, two members of the team of Sherpas who fix the rope andladders through the Khumbu Icefall...
1998 Singapore Everest Expedition Dispatches – May. Summit Climb
Ed Siew on the summit of Everest, 6am, May 25th, 1998. Edwin was the first Singapore climber to reach the...
1998 Singapore Everest Expedition – Controversies and Aftermath
This gallery contains 6 photos. The biggest controversy that counterpointed the enormous groundswell of goodwill after the team summited Everest was...
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