Irish Everest 2004

The leader of the expedition is the Irish mountaineer
and adventurer, Pat Falvey. The Cork born climber
has an impressive summit record for mountains over
18,000 feet, with a total of 35 ascents to his credit in
the past 10 years. These include, of course, Everest
itself (from the north-Tibet in 1995), Cho Oyo, the
world's sixth highest peak (climbed without
supplementary oxygen in 1997), the highest peak
on each of the seven continents and many more.

Pat is 45 years of age and is a full-time adventurer,
team-trainer, and motivational speaker.

Clare O'Leary is a 32 year old doctor from Bandon,
Co. Cork. She has climbed extensively in Africa,
Alaska, South America, the Himalayas, the Alps
and Scotland. A member of the Irish Everest
Expedition 2003, Clare reached a personal height
record of 24,500 feet before being forced to return
to Base.

Clare is returning to Mt. Everest believing she will
this year achieve the view from the summit. "I would
be so proud to be the first Irish female to reach the
top of the world".

John Joyce has trained and climbed in Scotland,
Spain, the Alps, Africa, South America and the
Himalayas. He took up mountaineering after retiring
from a successful basketball career some 12 years
ago. Aged 43 he runs his own insurance and
auctioneering business in Tuam, Co. Galway where
he was born and reared.

John was base camp manager for the Irish Expedition
to Everest in 2003 and hopefully in 2004 he will
achieve his boyhood ambition to summit the mountain.

Niall Foley from Killarney and Adrian Rahill for Ennis will be responsible for I.T. and Communications set-up and running at Base Camp. All communications with the team on and off the mountain and relaying to the outside world will be their special task.

Both have worked with Pat in the past on various projects. Adrian works in Administration and Niall
has worked in I.T. and Digital Media.

Pat Duggan has also worked with Pat Falvey on a number of expeditions. He is a Network Administrator
in Cork City Council.

Pemba is in charge of our strong Sherpa team on
the mountain and holds joint responsibility with Pat
for all the logistics to enable a successful expedition.
The Sherpa team are an integral part of the expedition
and without their participation we would stand little
chance of success. They are all personal friends
of Pats and have worked together on different
expeditions that he has run over the last 13 years
in Nepal and Tibet.

All of the Sherpas are considered full team members
and are treated and respected as so. Between them
they have made many notable successful attempts
on the worlds highest mountains including
Mount Everest.