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You can hear part of the speech by the leader of the expedition. |
 Two photoes from the press-conference for the Dhaulagiri Expedition, Tuesday, 10.3.98. Left, the president of the SEO Mr Nikolaou, Ms Arvaniti of sponsor SONY and the leader of the Dhaulagiri expedition Mr. Sykaris. Right, Mr. Georgoulis, president of the Greek Mountaineering and Climbing Association, in the center. |
 4 members of the expedition: Panayiotis Avgerodimos, George Voutiropoulos, Stavros Lazaridis, Dimitris Kallos |
 5 members of the expedition in a wonderful photo, at the Valley of the Muses, Olympus: Antonis Sykaris, Nikos Papandreou, Alexandros Bougiouklou, Kostas Routsias, Chara,ambos Tsoupras. |
| Parts of the speech of Mr Nikolaou, president of SEO, were as follows: As president of the SEO I have the pleasure and the honour to announce that the big mountaineering expedition, which has been prepared and organized for months now by our Club for the conquer of Mt Dhaulagiri, is ready and starting in a few days, namely on the 13th of March, in order to give birth to our aims...... To what concerns expeditions to mountains of abroad, SEO has already organised tenths of expeditions in mountains such as the Alps, Fuji Jama, Japanese Alps, Kenya, Kilimanjaro, Caucasus, Aconkagoua, Pamir-Imalayas..... The expedition will leave on the 13th of March, from the Athens airport and through Rome-New Delhi, it will arrive to Katmandou, in Nepal. It will then go west by road (500 km) and reach the town of Pokara. It will then fly to Djomsom, from where it will start trekking in order to reach Base Camp.. Accompanied by 70 porters, 20 yiaks and 3 tons of equipment and amunition, the group will hike for 7 days through diffucult tracks and arrive at 4.500 m, where the Base Camp is situated. After it gets acclimatized, it will start climbing to the top.. We evaluate that the whole expedition will last 2 months from the day of departure." |
| Then Ms Arvaniti, for sponsor SONY, greeted the expedition. Finally, Mr. Sykaris, leader of the expedition, referred in detail to the physical and psychological state of the group as well as the trip to Base Camp. |
| Oreivatein will be back with them and with you on Friday, for the departure to Nepal. |
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