Who and where :) News from Katmandu. The Byelorussians are going to Everest, the Czechs - Cho Oyu, the Kazakhs - Dhaulagiri and Annapurna, the Russians - Everest.

Igor Kulishov reports from Katmandu: "We moved to a new office and changed the address of our web- site. In other respects - practically no changes.
Last night first three participants of the first Belarus Everest expedition from the Tibet side arrived. The expedition head - Vladimir Telpuk - arrives in the morning on April 14. The team plans to set off to base camp on April, 15.
The same day we will see a group of Czech climbers to Tibet, under Cho Oyu. The team consists of 11 members, expedition's leader- Milan Wlasak. The team is expected to fly to Katmandu in the evening on April 13.
Tonight Vasily Pivtsov is arriving. He together with Maksut Zhumaev aim to try Dhaulagiri and Annapurna this season plans in a two-man team. Maksut is already in Nepal. For more than two weeks of staying here he managed to male trekking up to Everest base camp. They plan to set off from Katmandu to Beni up to the start point of trekking on April15. If the road becomes to be trafficable by this time... Since April, 6 and till now there has been no opportunity to reach up to Pokhara by ground transport vehicles....
On April 13 in Katmandu is expected arriving the "VBD Everest 2006 expedition" in structure of Surmonin Sergey, Korshunov Boris, Totmyanin Nikolay, Bolotov Alexey. Their aim - Everest from the North. Team's departure from Katmandu is planned on April 15.

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