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John Kazanas summits Everest 18-Jan-2011 At 4:26:43 PM OSP

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On 4/06/2010 JohnK wrote:
>G'day guys,
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>and thanks to those that offered their congrats. Back now in (warm??)
>Melbourne.

John's book has now been released. There is a little more information on it on our blog
http://osp.com.au/?page_id=766

Cheers - the team at OSP
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>No issue with those offering various opinions. The web site I built about
>12 months ago for this trip called www.reachyoureverest.com prescribed
>the philosophy of reaching "your" Everest in whatever your goal was - Mt
>Everest as a mountain, or whichever goal you have mind (climbing or non
>climbing) based on what you believe, aspire, look up to etc etc.
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>For me, it was not important whether 10 or 10,000 people had done this
>route. The North East Ridge of Everest offered spectacular high altitude,
>semi-technical ridge climbing which led to the highest point on Earth and
>which tested me to the limit. After 12-18 months of very serious training
>and then 2 months on the mountain, Mt Everest pushed my immune system,
>fitness, mental state and endurance to a new limit and made me lose 10kg
>in weight in the process. Out of 18 strong climbers starting on the expedtion,
>10 summited and one unfortunately died on descent (rest in peace my good
>friend Peter Kinloch).
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>It's not everyone's cup of tea, agree.
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>I don't think the route itself has gotten easier also. I simply think
>the equipment is just way better, people are now smarter and realise that
>with the right training they can reach the summit as they are fitter, smarter,
>faster and can follow in the foot steps of others who have summited before
>them. Always more difficult then being the first.
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>However, if anyone thinks that reaching 8000m and above is easy, then
>my opinion is please think again. At 8000m and above it's very easy to
>die up there and all the dead bodies I saw up there which will stay there
>for eternity are testament to this, as it's a very unforgiving environment.
>This I think will continue to happen unfortunately as people push their
>limits more and more - but that's life, not only on Everest but in other
>things in life as well.
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>Some photos attached below.
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>Thanks again, and look forward to seeing everyone around Melbourne over
>the coming weeks.
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>John K
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