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success requires logistical planning  By Carlton Cooke, Dave
Bunting and John O’Hara, Editors  Importance of Logistics
Before it is possible to detail exactly how we accomplished our
logistical plan, it is worthwhile to consider the role of
logistics in enabling an expedition. Again, as mentioned, even
though our expedition was a reasonably large affair set in the
Himalayas, the ideas that I will discuss are applicable to all
types of expeditions in all environments.   For anyone
undertaking an expedition at any level, logistics should be
considered at the very onset of planning. It develops hand in
glove with all other aspects of expeditionary planning. Every
major decision has an impact on the logistics plan. For example,
stating intent to get one extra person to the top of Mount
Everest, which is at the top of an exponential pyramid of
logistics, is not as easy as adding one to all the requirements.
It is a complex power function. Changes th