September 18, 2011
Watching the climbers up on the mountain from Cho Oyu ABC (Eric Simonson)
Ang Jangbu reports that the climbers felt the earthquake today that hit northeastern India (centered in Sikkim). He says the ground shook for some time, and there were a few avalanches triggered on some of the various slopes around the area, but no ill effects for climbers on Cho Oyu.
Jangbu says that some of the sherpas have now checked with their families back in Kathmandu, and everything is ok there. For the climbers,  everything continues on schedule, with Max’s team coming down from Camp 2 in good shape after their overnight. Walter’s team is at Camp 2 now, and Craig’s team will be going up to Camp 2 tomorrow.
Eric Simonson