Cho Oyu Team heading uphill

September 14, 2019

IMG Senior Guide, Phunuru Sherpa, checked in to let us know the team is ready to head uphill on their first rotation tomorrow morning.  The plan is for the team to leave ABC after breakfast and head to Lake Camp.  Lake Camp is at the base of the steep hill heading to Camp 1.  This is a great way to break up the long trek to Camp 1 (21,000’/6400m) on the first rotation.

Today the team did some training at ABC and finished packing food and gear for the rotation. Our Sherpa Team had a rope fixing meeting and have made a plan to have 6 Sherpa head up to Camp 1 tomorrow and continue fixing to Camp 2 and 3.  Weather dependent, they hope to get to Camp 3 on the 18th and then fix to the summit on the 20^th-23^rd when the weather looks good.

All is well on Cho Oyu!

Greg Vernovage