In the spring 2010,
High Altitude Dreams was proud to organize 4 different Everest Expeditions:

• Rainier Mountaineering Incorporation (RMI)  This nine member climbing team was led by David Allen Hahn (USA). This Expedition was sponsored by Eddie Bauer USA in conjunction with their launch of a new line of Mountaineering gear under the label of First Ascent. We congratulate our 2010 Mount Everest Summit Team Members :  David Allen Hahn, Charles Dutro Brown, Casey Aaron Grom, Seth Griffith Waterfall, Leif Roberts Whittaker, and Scott L Jones

• Patagonian Brothers This eleven members climbing team was led by Guillermo Benegas (USA). We congratulate our 2010 Mount Everest Summit Team Members: Guillermo Benegas, Damian Benegas, Leonardo Proverbio, Mercelo Ricardo Deza, Anotnio Ramon Chiocconi, Damian Benegas, Andrea Melissa Cardona Morfin, Carlos Javier Gallosi, Shawn Dawson

• Altitude Junkies This Seven members climbing team was led by Philip James Crampton (British). We congratulate our 2010 Altitude Junkies Mount Everest Summit Team Members: Philip James Crampton, Benjamin Dean Stucky, Anne Mari Hyrylainen, Jussi Johannes Juutinen, Raphael Gernez

• Everest Expedition for Educational Awareness to Backward Community 2010  This Solo climbing Team was led by Rana Bahadur Tamang (Nepalese) who tried to summit the Everest however due to his personal health reason, he had abandoned his climbing from Camp 3.

We are very proud our High Altitude Climbing Sherpas who worked tirelessly throughout this season's Everest Expedition helping our team members to reach summit safely. We are grateful to our Base Camp Chefs, Kumar Gurung and Baburam Bhattarai, as well as their support members and all the staff who helped make our 2010 expeditions such a great success.

Upcoming Expeditions Fall 2010:

·         RMI Cho-Oyu Expedition Fall 2010- Full and Confirmed

·         HAD Pumori Expedition Fall 2010- Full and Confirmed

·         HAD Amadablam Expedition Fall 2010- Space available

Ongoing social work in the Khumbu:

• As always High Altitude Dreams devotes a portion of its proceeds from the climbing season into helping the people of the Khumbu.  In 2008 High Altitude Dreams organized a free one month climbing school for twenty young Nepalese aspiring to become climbing Sherpas.  Students were trained basic mountaineering and upon completion received certification from the Nepal Mountaineering Instructors Association (NMIA).  High Altitude Dreams continues to support aspiring climbing sherpas through our Everest training sherpa program.  Under our training sherpa program High Altitude Dreams supports all expenses of the trainees climb in order to give them real hands on mountaineering experience on Mt. Everest learning directly from our experienced expedition team.  In 2009 we supported 3 sherpas as training sherpas 2 of which reached the summit of Mt. Everest. In the spring of 2010 we continued our suport putting 3 more shepas on the mountain and we are proud to announce that all three have summited Mt. Eveverest.  We plan to continue our successful climbing sherpa program in the future as well as holding additional climbing schools.

•  We are pleased to announce that in fall of 2009 Mahendra Jyoti school of Chaurikharka added a 10 +2 diploma program with the help of our successful fundraising campaign. On behalf of the children of the Khumbu we would like to thank Mingma  Tshering (Hapa) ($2000), Pemba Sherpa of Sherpa Painting in Colorado ($2000), Rishi Nirula ($1000), Maila Mingma Sherpa ($500), Nima Sherpa of Seattle ($250), and Emily Mansfeild $250, for their generous contributions in helping us successfully fund this project.

• We along with other concerned members of Chaurikharka's Sherpa community have joined together to form the NGO Networking Education for Poverty Alleviation among Locals (NEPAL) an organization dedicated to improving educational opportunities for Nepal's less fortunate children.  We will continue our support for Education in Nepal and the Khumbu through our active involvement in NEPAL. To find out more about NEPAL's work, donate, or volunteer, visit the website: teachingnepal.org

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