Dear Climber:
Now I am not sure about you but here in the Mountain Link office, we are all getting a bit of the winter blues. Don't get me wrong, I have been getting out once in awhile making turns in fresh powder at Mount Bachelor. However, with the weather warming up I am looking forward to heading to Smith Rock State Park, one of the country's best rock climbing destinations and getting vertical. In this issue of "The Tie In" we would like to inform you on what has been happening and what is going on in the world of adventure. - Robert Link
Russia North Side!
This is a once in a lifetime chance to climb with Robert Link
on the North side of Mount Elbrus. Typically, when people go to
climb Elbrus, they climb the South side because of easy access
and the cozy hut system. Therefore you get a whole heck of a
lot of people climbing the standard route on Elbrus. Robert has
decided to put the adventure back in adventure travel by
offering an expedition-style climb on the North side.
Technically, the terrain is the same on the North side as the
South side. There is one difference, we may be the only team
there! We may have to organize an additional expedition, our
first one June 16 - 29 is filling up.
Guess Who is Going to Everest?:
Liz Pace and Joe Hughes will be joining JJ Justman and Lhawang
Dhondup on an attempt to summit Mount Everest via the South
Col. Making this expedition unique, Liz will hopefully become
the first person from the country of Malta to summit Mount
Everest. In addition, one of our climbing Sherpa Lhakpa Nuru
will attempt to beat the speed record. Mountain Link will be
providing the best on-line coverage of the climbing season on
Mount Everest. Stay tuned at www.mountain-link.com.
