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Cho Oyu Chinese BaseCamp
The End of the Road - Bye Bye Vehicles and Tour Guides
It was an early start on Sunday morning as we were on the road travelling towards Chinese Base Camp by first light. At the turn off to base camp we had our first views of Cho Oyu, the summit over 3000m above us.
For us this is the end of our journey by vehicle. We said goodbye to both our tour guide and driver that have been with us since entering Tibet.
The Sherpa team who have traveled overland from Kathmandu arrived a day before us. When we arrived our camp was already set up and our first loads of equipment including oxygen, food, and ropes were being weighed and loaded onto yaks for the trip to ABC.
As we are very close to the Nepalese border we have turned our watches back two and a quarter hours and will now be back on Nepal time.
Hanging around on ropes
Monday has been busy with the team making preparations for tomorrows move to Interim Camp and then Advanced Base Camp the next day.
In the afternoon the two Mikes and the Sherpas rigged a challenging ropes course on some cliffs near by the camp. We headed out into the showery weather and reviewed travelling on fixed ropes - jumaring, abseiling, hand rappelling, and changeovers, skills that are essential to have dialed higher on the mountain.
The plan was to review and practice the skills now to help prepare for challenging sections of the climb, for example the Yellow Band - a steep section of rock that we will climb on summit day.
The whole team is doing great and everyone sends a big hello to friends and family at home.
Mike M for the AC team.
Posted by Mike from Adventure Consultant on 6th September, 2010 | Comments
Tags: Cho Oyu, Adeventure, Altitude
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