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This expedition to Everest supported by the Moscow Federation of Mountaineering and RockClimbing is carried out within the framework of the project " 7 summits ". The purpose of the project is the ascents on the highest tops of all continents of the Earth. In the world less than 100 persons have conquered the 7 summits. (Less than has visited space!). The first action became an ascent to Elbrus (5642ì, Caucasus, Europe). Then was a successful ascent to Kilimanjaro (5895ì, Tanzania, Africa). In February 2004 the team successfully ascended to the summit of Aconcagua (6969ì, Argentina, Southern America) And now is the world's highest mountain Everest (8848ì) where the team takes off on the 7th of April Our Everest Team is international and consists not only of Russian climbers.
Russia: Abramov Alexander (the leader), Moskalev Dmitry, Zadokhin Vladimir, Rozhkov Ilya, Ryzhenko Arkadiy, Karapetyan Artur, Gaidamak Vladimir; Uzbekistan: Tillahodjaev Dilmurad; Georgia: Gujabidze Bidzina; Italy:
Profumo Giorgio, Carbone Gianni; USA: D'Angelo Davide, Ulrich Marshall.
For the first time in history of the conquest of Everest the Russian sportsmen plan the coverage of the expedition in a mode on-line. During expedition the video shooting will be conducted by digital video cameras. Then weekly the video data, with use of the satellite equipment, will be sent to Moscow. As duration of expedition of 10 weeks it is planned to send 8-10 blocks of video information, which will be used by a telechannel "SPORTS".
31.03.2004
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