September 15, 2013
Phunuru reports from ABC that Mike, Peter, Mingma Dorje, and the climbers and trekkers made it up to Camp 1 today at about 20,500 feet. The weather was good, and they are all set to start the climbing tomorrow. The trekkers returned back down to ABC with Phunuru. Tomorrow Phunuru will hike with them down to Intermediate Camp, for the handoff to Nawang (from CMA) and their jeep driver who will take them down to Tingri tomorrow night. Then, the next day, they head for Rongbuk (Everest Base Camp).
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- Climbers and Trekkers at ABC
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- Camp 1
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- Above Camp 1
Later this afternoon Phunuru joined a fixing meeting at ABC with the different teams. He reports that there are currently 12 different teams at ABC, and together they have contributed a total of 2,800 meters of rope and enough pickets, screws and pitons to fix the route above Camp 1. Also, some of the teams (IMG, AAI, AC, Kobler, Amical, and also the Chinese team) have also agreed to contribute sherpas to move up to Camp 1 tomorrow and start working on the rope fixing. So, it is great to hear that these teams are working well together to get the work route work done.
Eric Simonson