Monday, March 23 2009
Eric Simonson writes:
I wanted to take a minute to summarize where we ended up on the spring Cho Oyu climb: We waited as long as we could for confirmation from the Chinese that the Cho Oyu permit and visa would be available, but were unable to get this nailed down, so we decided to offer Lhotse to our Cho Oyu climbers and trekkers. Of the 9 climbers on the spring Cho Oyu team, six will go to Lhotse, the others opted to try for Cho Oyu in the autumn, when we expect it to be re-opened! The trekkers will come to Everest Base Camp (it is also the BC for Lhotse) and then they will return via the Gokyo Trek over Cho La pass—a very nice loop trek that goes right next to the Nepal side of Cho Oyu.
We’ll look forward to welcoming IMG Leader Greg Vernovage and the Lhotse team to Base Camp! Tye will be working with the team to update the IMG Blog and also the Newsletters for family and friends. If you would like to have these sent to you direct by e mail, please register for them at: http://visitor.constantcontact.com/email.jsp?m=1101602842895
THANKS!!
Eric Simonson
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Cho Oyu
Elevation: 8201m
Location: Tibet
First Climbed: 1954
World’s 6th Highest Mountain
Lhotse
Elevation: 8516m
Location: Nepal
First Climbed: 1956
World’s 4th Highest Mountain