October 27, 2018
It has been very clear in the Khumbu Valley. With the clear weather comes cool temperatures; Phunuru noted -13 in his tent at Ama Dablam Base Camp overnight. Our 3X2 Team climbed Kala Pattar and sent back a few great photos from the summit where they reported beautiful and chilly. Not quite cold enough for Romulo to trade out his iconic climbing cowboy hat! With the clear skies and cool temperatures can come unbelievable views! This is exactly what they are getting.
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- Climbing Kala Pattar with the Khumbu Glacier below (Jess Wedel)
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- Climbing Kala Pattar with Pumori (Jess Wedel)
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- Jess, Romulo and Mary on top of Kala Pattar with Everest in the background (Jess Wedel)
The Ama Dablam Team trekked to Yak Camp to get a better look at the route, move additional gear and prepare for their first rotation. They are now back at Base Camp and will get ready to start climbing and sleeping at Camp 1. The route has been fixed to the summit and teams are reporting great climbing conditions!
Ama Dablam Camps (Eric Simonson)
Our Private Trek made it over Cho La and are now heading to Gokyo to get an up close look at Cho Oyu.
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- Cho La (Tye Chapman)
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- Looking down towards Thagnak from Cho La (Tye Chapman)
Everyone is doing well and the team enjoyed an exciting day trekking over the pass.
Greg Vernovage