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British Services Kangchenjunga Expedition 2000 (BSKE 2000)
BSKE 2000 takes place pre- monsoon in the year 2000, and will comprise 2 teams of climbers: a Main Team, who will attempt Kangchenjunga (8568m) via the South West Face; and a Junior Team, who will attempt a less demanding peak in the same area.
course, that our President, Tony Streather reached the summit in the first successful expedition. Its position at the extreme East of the Himalayas ensures that it receives more precipitation than the other major peaks, and it bears the full brunt of the monsoon. It has no easy routes, all its faces being objectively dangerous and its ridges long and hard. The expedition will undoubt edly be the most gruelling test for the participants. The expe dition will comply with a code of conduct to minimise impact on the environment.
resourcefulness, commitment, tion as the Main Team and will
The Expedition. The expedi
tion will provide Servicemen or
women with the opportunity to
develop their self-reliance,
endurance, courage, teamwork
and self-respect by experienc
ing the excitement, the fear and
the exhaustion of climbing in
the world’s highest places.
Kangchenjunga, the 3rd high The Teams. Lieutenant est mountain in the world, is Commander Steve Jackson one of the most challenging of FRGS RN, CHAIRMAN RNR- the fourteen 8000m peaks. It MMC, will lead the expedition.
dedication and, above all, com patibility.
The Main Team. For safety rea sons, the Main Team of 14 climbers will consist of a cadre with previous experience of extreme high altitude moun taineering. To this cadre will be added climbers of proven clim bing ability in the European Alps or other greater ranges. Accordingly, experi enced mountaineers of either sex with proven m ountaineer ing ability and who are AMA members are eligible to apply for a place in the Main Team
The Junior Team. The Junior Team will have a leader and a deputy, who will be qualified as above, plus a m inim um JSMEL(W) / ML(W). The Junior Team will be involved in the same training and prepara
Junior Team
Days 1-17 18 - 32
33 - 39
40
41 42
be led by suitably experienced leaders. Young servicemen or women with limited moun taineering experience will be eligible to apply. If not already members of the AMA, Army personnel will be expected to join.
The Programme. The Program m e for the expedition will be based on an assumed 10 weeks for the Main Party and 6 weeks for the Junior Team. Departure from UK will be in late March 2000. The provi sional programme is shown below.
has had relatively few ascents, and has never been climbed by a British Services Expedition -
Successful applicants for both teams, drawn from across the services, will be fit, have a sense
although it should
Main Team
be
noted, of
of hum our and
dem onstrate
Day 1 2-3
4
5-8
9- 16 17 - 57 58 59-65 66
57 - 69 70
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