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Everest 2010: China Says - "No Traverses For You!"
The Adventure Blog — ... was hoping to make the first ever traverse without oxygen and Gavin Turner was going to try for the first ever double traverse. In this case, a double traverse would be starting on one side, climbing to the top, descending on the other, then resting for several days before reversing the route back to the summit and returning to where the climber started. ...

Everest 2010: No Everest Traverses in 2010.
Himalman's Weblog — ... There had been two other traverse plans previously announced.  Gavin Turner who wanted to complete the never before accomplished double traverse and and another from Australian ...

Himalaya Spring 2010 expeditions.
Himalman's Weblog — ... EVEREST TRAVERSES Gavin Turner double traverse American Gavin Turner will attempt a world first: Everest double traverse, from Nepal to Tibet and back, via Everest summit. Gavin has been training for the undertaking during the last two years. He climbed Cho Oyu (with O2 from C3) and returned all the way back to ABC on summit day. In Washington, he climbed Rainier 7 times to the summit, including 4 solo ascents. www.everestdoubletraverse.org Andrew Lock Everet, take 3 Tibet/Nepal No-O2 ...

Himalaya Spring 2010 expeditions.
Everest my dream — ... EVEREST TRAVERSES Gavin Turner double traverse American Gavin Turner will attempt a world first: Everest double traverse, from Nepal to Tibet and back, via Everest summit. Gavin has been training for the undertaking during the last two years. He climbed Cho Oyu (with O2 from C3) and returned all the way back to ABC on summit day. In Washington, he climbed Rainier 7 times to the summit, including 4 solo ascents. www.everestdoubletraverse.org Andrew Lock Everet, take 3 Tibet/Nepal No-O2 ...