We went back to camp 1 again to acclimatise some more and the do a bit of a reccy on the Rock step that leads to the SW ridge proper. Once we’d done that we were able to descend back to BC for 2 days rest before heading back up to make our summit push. […]
The Glacier leading up to the Headwall is very slow moving – any crevasing is mostly open and easily seen. The team were re-introduced to fixed line techniques – abseil techniques with heavy packs and once again moved up and down the glacier to acclimatize and tag Camp 1 Images – Camp 1 – Rock […]
We were given amazing views of the surrounding peaks as we approached Cholastse – it wasn’t always easy days as we slowly acclimated on the mountain. Load Carrying, climbing high and sleeping low were the order of the day. The team were slowly getting to know each other and working out how we would work […]
Just a quick update to confirm Steve Wyatt also summited Cholatse on the 2nd of Nov Steve summited around 9:00 am with Chhirring Sherpa Steve’s name was omitted due to tiredness when typing the last update The entire team will be in Namche by the 7th of November and we should be able to post […]