September 16, 2010
Cho Oyu with climbing route visible in the snow.
Mike Hamill reports: “The team has now returned to ABC from a successful acclimatization rotation to C2. The weather has been excellent but after returning the wind picked up and we’ve had snow since.  We are now hoping to head up on a summit bid after 4 days of rest, weather depending.  6 Sherpa are carrying 2 oxygen bottles each to C2 today. TMA was supposed to fix to the summit today but the weather is too bad. Hopefully the weather will improve and they’ll be able to get the route in soon.  Once I have nailed down a summit schedule a bit more I’ll give you a heads up. For now we’re just resting in ABC in bad weather.â€
Eric Simonson