EverestHistory.com: Joao Garcia

Born 11th. June 1967 in Lisbon, Portugal

Many climbs in the Alps and Pyrinees;
Cho Oyu, Nepal 1993;
Shishapangma South, Tibet 1993 (attempt);
Dhaulagiri, Nepal 1994;
McKinley, Alaska 1995 (attempt);
Nanga Parbat, Pakistan 1996 (attempt);
Aconcagua, Argentina 1996;
Ama Dablam, Nepal 1997;
Everest, Tibet 1999;
Toclaraju, Chopicalqui, Peru 2000;

2001: Gasherbrum II Summit

2002: Pumori Summit April 6th

2003:  Aconcagua 6964m, summit 6th time
         Pumori, summit for the 2nd time along with 5 portuguese

         friends
            Elbrus (2nd time)
            Monte Branco (24th time)
            Himlung Himal (7167m), Nepal
            Vinson, Antárctica
           
2004:  Aconcagua (6993m), summit 7th time

         Amadablam (6954m), Ex Leader, Summit for the 2nd time,
            4 Portuguese friends
         Gasherbrum I (8064m), summit with 1 friend
         Alpes, 2 more Mont Blanc and one more Cervino
         Island peak, Nepal

Update 4/2002: "I got just back from Pumori where we did climbed it... it was a lot of fun and rewarding cause basically we were 3 climbers on it... the most difficult was the route finding and the route fixing and once we were only 3 persons... We did summit on the 6th April and for sure we had a lot of people looking from Everest base camp ... Now I'm heading for McKinley where I'm supposed to meet 3-4 us friends... Joao Garcia

Update 2004:  Man what a Good Year! I experiment Antactica with the expensive Vinson... one more to go for the 7 UP; once more Aconcágua, Queen of the Americas with a group, then came Amadablam, the 2nd Portuguese expedition in the Himalayas; G I was a nice surprise, when nobody thought that it could be done... finally and back to Nepal, my second home they say! The sky is the limit

All these climbs were made without the use of Sherpas nor bottled oxygen.

Check North side 1999, http://www.everestnews.com/qajacek.htm for additional details of Pascal death. 

Books: 

• Moving Mountains Reinhold Messner
• Shisha Pangma: The Alpine Style First Ascent of the Southwest Face by Alex MacIntyre, Doug Scott Paperback - 322 pages 
• Nanda Devi: The Tragic Expedition by John Roskelley (Paperback - September 2000) 
• Nanda Devi: Exploration and Ascent by Eric Shipton, et al
• Ecuador : A Climbing Guide by Yossi Brain (Paperback - September 2000)
• Climbing the World's 14 Highest Mountains by Richard Sale, John Cleare (Photographer). Hardcover 
• Climbing Everest: A Meditation on Mountaineering and the Spirit of Adventure by Pat Ament (Hardcover ) 
• Mount Everest : The Highest Mountain (Great Record Breakers in Nature) by Aileen Weintraub 
• Fragile Edge : A Personal Portrait of Loss on Everest
  by Maria Coffey, Chris Bonington Paperback - 192 pages (September 2000) Mountaineers Books; 
• The Great Arc : The Dramatic Tale of How India Was Mapped and Everest Was Named by John Keay  Hardcover - 160 pages (September 2000) 
• Snow in the Kingdom : My Storm Years on Everest by Ed Webster
• Everest : Mountain Without Mercy -- Broughton Coburn, et al; Hardcover
• Order Peter and Leni Gillman's new Mallory Book:  The Wildest Dream : The Biography of George Mallory Hardcover - 320 pages (September 2000) Now !
• Ghosts of Everest : The Search for Mallory & Irvine -- Jochen Hemmleb, et al; Hardcover
• Everest : A Mountaineering History -- Walt Unsworth; Hardcover

Video: 

• Everest (IMAX) (1998) -- Liam Neeson; VHS

Popular Music: 

• Everest: Soundtrack From The IMAX Film Experience [SOUNDTRACK] -- George Harrison, et al; Audio CD
• Into Thin Air: Death On Everest (1997 Television Film) [SOUNDTRACK] -- Lee Holdridge; Audio CD

DVD: 

• Everest (IMAX) (1998) -- Liam Neeson; DVD Keep Case
• Everest - The Death Zone (1998) -- Jodie Foster; DVD

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