Am 23.03.1999 war der große Tag da. Um 9.00 Uhr trafen sich die Teilnehmer auf dem Leipziger Flughafen. Viele Familienangehörige, Freunde, Sponsoren und Mitarbeiter der DREFA und der Mitteldeutschen Rundfunks waren gekommen, um uns zu verabschieden. March 23rd was the big day. We meet us at the airport in Leipzig at 9.00am. A lot of relatives, friends, sponsors as well as a camera team where come to say good by. Weiter ging es am 24. März nach Kathmandu. Dort tauchten einige Rücksäcke auf dem Transportband des Flughafens auf, der größte Teil blieb aber verschwunden. With one hour delay we took off to Frankfurt and from there to Dehli. The airplane waited for us in Frankfurt and we where on time in Dehli. But our luggage didn't arrive. All 20 pieces disappeared. On March 24th we flew to Kathmandu. There we found a couple of pieces of our luggage. The bigger part of it didn't show up. Liebevoll wurden wir von unserer Agentur EVEREST HOLIDAY auf dem Flughafen begrüßt. Von dort ging es ins Hotel. Mit Meelan Subba leiteteten wir sofort die Suche nach dem Gepäck ein. Außerdem gab es viel zu organisieren. So muß zum Beispiel das Permit für unsere Akklimatisationstour besorgt werden. Gekauft werden müssen die Gaskartuschen für die Kocher, 600 Meter Fixseile, Benzin, Markierungsfahnen und noch vieles mehr. Our travel agency EVEREST HOLIDAY met us at the airport. The very friendly Meelan Subba, owner of the agency said hello and welcome with flowers. Directly from the airport we started the search for our luggage. On this day we also started to buy a lot of things, which we will need at the mountain. For instance 600 meter ropes, gas and flags. On March 25th we had time to visit the town. We also needed this day to get adapted to the time delay (jetlag). On the evening of March 25th we had a special meeting. We met us with friends from the town Dresden. The arrived in Kathmandu on the same day as we. We went together to a very nice restaurant, called "Thamel House". There we had dinner and talked till late in the evening (to be honest, till early in the next morning). We talked about former expeditions, the Saxon Switzerland and much more. Mit dem nächsten update ist nach dem 4. April 1999 zu rechnen. On march 26th, the missing luggage arrived. Now it is for sure that we can start to our acclimatisationstour as planned. We will drive to Dunche on March 27 and will be back in Kathmandu on the 2nd April. The next two days (3. And 4. April) we organize the last things and on April 5th we finally take off to Tibet and the mount Cho Oyu. The next update will probably come around the 4. April. Cho Oyu 8201 m, Expedition zum 6.-höchsten Berg der Welt, 1999
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