The Swiss have kindy lent us a computer to email our latest update.Attached are a couple of photos. The first is from base camp at 4800m. In case you do not recognize us... from left to right, Gonzalo, Dave, Toby, Neil, Keith and Mike crouching. The second photo is Neil sucking wind at about 7100m, the view is north looking into China. If you look very close in the picture you can see a small dot of red in the center right of the shot...that is Gonzalos tent in our camp two.
Our latest attempt at the summit was not a complete failure. It takes about 5 days for a summit and return. The trip to camp one is taking us about 3 hours but from camp one to camp two is a killer. It took us 10 hours of climbing and walking to get to camp two. On day three our intention was to make camp three, rest for a few hours then go for the summit. We made it to 7200m where we were to set up camp three, then go for the summit starting around 2am. We got a radio call while we were setting up camp three that called for a storm coming in. We decided to pull the pin and head down to camp two. Good thing we did as it started snowing around 6pm and has not stopped.
We made an epic decent in a white out blizzard the following day, we left camp two at 10am (slow starters) and arrived in base camp at 8pm. So far the mountain has been very kind to us, weather has been good and the conditions have been great. We are now two days into a snow
storm that has dropped over a meter so far. The snow is wet and it collapses our tents if we do not dig them out.
We are here with two other expeditions... a Swiss commercial team of seven and a smaller team of four from Germany who are sponsored by Dynafit and are making an extreme ski film. Everyone is getting along great and the teams are working together for another summit bid. The Swiss have two climing Sherpas with them, Pemba and Norboo. They are great and have appreciated the route the Canadians have set up through the icefall.
Our plans are to watch the weather for a couple of days and then assess what we will do. We still have a lot of gear up the mountain so we do need to go again. We have good weather intel so we are able to make decisions about what to do. Hopefully all goes well.
To all who sent messages... thanks, they mean a lot to us.
Keith
3 comentários:
Hi Guys,
I received a postcard from my friend Gonçalo a couple of days ago.
I am following your adventure from my office since then. Keep us updated.
Whish I were there.
Big ups and may the force be with you !
Olivier, from Paris, France.
Ola Keith and Toby (because they are my favorites) and also high to the rest of the team.
It is great to be able to follow you guys along this amazing journey. The group picture give me a sense of happiness. I think you guys are great, and cannot wait to ear about every single details. Keep on having fun. We got our first snow, so by the time you come back it will be ski and ice climbing season!! Keep enjoying life and I keep thinking of you guys.
Ate breve
nivea
You rock !
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