Apr-A-2
ATTEMPTING TO
SHOEHORN IN ANOTHER HIMALAYAN EXCURSION
INTO THE
SEPTEMBER SPACE VACATED BY THE SIKKIM TRIP THIS YEAR
WHICH MIGHT HAVE
TO FIT BETWEEN AN IBEX HUNT IN KYRGISTAN
AN ELK HUNT IN
COLORADO,
AND THE 27TH RUNNING OF THE 27TH
MCM!
From: Himalayan Health Exchange <info@himalayanhealth.com>
To: "Glenn Geelhoed" <msdgwg@gwumc.edu>
Date: 3/29/02 1:29PM
Subject: Re: Attachment
Dr. Glenn,
Here are the answers.
1) I can have your bag delivered where ever you would like it. I can pick
it up from Hem and bring it to Dhramsala.
We will not be going to Triund but Barot ( North East of Sherabling but
almost as high as Billings, where we all drove up last year) and there will
be an option to camp out and we can probably squeeze in a day trek. Yes,
you can load it up and I'll have transported back to Shimla so it will be
available for our trips to Spiti and Ladakh.
2) Yes, Sikkim is off for 2002. I would like to reschedule Panamik on the
following dates: Oct 6th thru Oct 20 , if you can block the time period
that will be great. I read in your October schedule that you need to be
back on October 20th so I can make arrangements for you to get back on the
18th or 19th and I'll see the team off.
I am trying to work it out and will fill you in with details when I see
you in the next couple of weeks as of now just the dates have to changed on
the itinerary. As for 2003, lets go over the dates once again. I am working
on two locations BHUTAN and SIKKIM and that really needs a lot of work to
make it work properly. The problem I face is that the timing may clash with
our already planned regions of Ladakh. I am planning on trips which will be
a little longer and almost every month starting April, May, June, July,
August, September and October. So that will make it seven for 2003. I will
be working on the schedules and then discuss it with you. We will cover the
regions of Spiti (1), Ladakh ( 3 trips) Sikkim (1) Bhutan (1), Nepal (1). I
may drop Dharamsala next year because it has been a pain to put together
and not enough sign ups and same with trips in September.
3) Your earliest return will be on the 20th of May because if you do the
whole trek then we cannot cut it short by a day, at least that's how it
looks right now. This will make your return back in Washington on the
afternoon of May 20. I have asked for extra baggage permission for travel
packs from Lufthansa and that will not be a problem.
Its good to know Mat and Carla are doing the power presentation. We are
going to have a full team for the Ladakh‑Chang Thang and may be able to
pick up just a couple more people but if these people can be signed up for
Lingshed and Panamik in October that will help tremendously.
Please let me know what you think about it.
Ravi
EXCHANGE WITH RAVI,
REGARDING THE RECORDING OF THE PRIOR TRIPS AND THE PHOTOJOURNALISM RECORDS
NEEDING A PUBLISHER/AGENT/EDITOR, AND THE ARRANGEMENTS BEING PREPARED FOR THE
FIRST TRIP THIS YEAR TO DHARAMSALA, AND THE FOLLOWING TRIPS AND PARTICIPANTS
At 03:41 PM 3/28/2002 ‑0500, you wrote:
>Let me check to confirm on three items:
>
>1) Will my bag I left in Simla be waiting for me at Delhi or Chandigarh
>for passage on to Dharamsala? I have the sleeping bag and other items in
>it for the use, especially in the cold climb‑‑such as Nepal‑‑but it might
>be useful in Dharamsala as well if we are doing something like Mt Triund.
>
>I will be loading it up for the Spiti and Ladakh/Lingshed trips later, and
>again leaving it for the Simla storage to go up with me in Spiti and
>especially in Ladakh/Lingshed‑‑and if I arrange it in lei for later‑‑Stok
>Kangri.
>
>2) Is Sikkim and the other northern province of India off the 2002
>schedule? I will start making commitments for that time frame id Sikkim
>and the other treks are off, but will hold these times for 2003
>
>3) Elizabeth Yellen came to my office today; she has made the special
>request that I be the one to "Hood" her with her MD at graduation which
>takes place on May 19, Sunday. On checking my calendar, I believe I am
>still returning at that time, or did the times get changed to the May
>20? If it is the Monday May 20, I will have to let her know that I will
>still be in transit.
>
>I had previously sent you the Dharamsala and Nepal reports for anyone who
>is going to know what they are getting into. I will now add, in advance,
>the reports of Spiti and Ladakh.
>
>I have Carla and Matt doing a Power Point program by scanning my albums on
>both Spiti Trips, and I have Sonia doing the same on both Ladakh trips, so
>each should have a Power Point Program on these areas to add to the two I
>have already sent you. Further, I am putting together Ladakh reports from
>both Elizabeth and John Sutter, along with a separate Malawi report for
>later presentation to their resident mates and other groups, making that
>set of programs available also.
>
>GWG