Khum Subedi, [email protected] Makalu Adventure, Nepal http://www.nepalmakalu.com Mohammed Roger, Annie, and Stephen. UK Belinda, Murray, and AJ. Australia Tibet Kyunglung Travel Service, China/Tibet http://www.en.tibetkyunglungtravel.com [email protected] Paldin, a Tibet Guide from Lhasa to Rongbuk; After, he helped as an assistant to the climbing Sherpa guide Tenging, a climbing Sherpa guide from Rongbuk to Everest ABC Both Nepali companies coordinated their actions and collaborated with the Tibetan company to make sure that all planning was in place
team. Almost everyone had climbed Kilimanjaro or had similar experiences. Tibet and Tibetans Liberation Plaza &Liberation Monument, across the Dalai Lama’s Winter Palace Lhasa. 3,650m The Dalai Lama’s Winter Palace
On 5/29 we started our Journey to Everest ABC (advanced base camp). 60 years ago, Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary touched the highest place on Earth. They did it on 5/29/1953, from the South side in Nepal. Our climbing team was set into 2 jeeps and in 3 days we reached Rongbuk. While driving, we often had to pass passport check points. Lhasa
the restaurant." Our guide noted that the picture on the wall was the “Party Story”." He only knew the right side of the story, while I recognized familiar faces on the left.
about 5,200m. Here we met our climbing guide, Tenging, and his crew, including a cook, yak men and yaks. We spent a night there and continued to the Camp 1, 5,460m. A yak driver
though unpredictable, animals. They do not share people’s belief that they must help to carry heavy stuff. Watching the scene of someone placing “stuff” on a yak’s back is like watching la Corrida de Toros. And yaks might look very scary if you’ve decided to count the stars at night.
everyone acquired some symptoms of altitude sickness. I got a friendly virus from Pavel and coughed a lot. Stephen offered me some pills. I discovered that every other team member had been taking these pills (Advil) about 4 times a day since Lhasa. Everybody coughed, but I was a champion at this sport. The transaction with the pills did not go smoothly. Stephen wanted to give them freely, but I managed to pay. I gave him $20, but he insisted that the pills only cost him $15 and tried to give me $10 back. I argued that I’d already borrowed some pills for Pavel several days ago. Then, Stephen made a brilliant move. He offered me some additional “Dry Cough Relief” pills. In return, I had to call him “My personal pharmacy”. I did so. The medication worked for me. The next day, I almost stopped coughing, or at least came down to the common level.
Interim Camp at 5,760m. We planned to spend two nights at the Interim Camp, do an acclimatization hike, and then move with our tents to Camp 2 at 5,950m, preparing for the final climb to ABC, 6500 m.
that day. A snow storm came from nowhere and continued all night. Our tents became snow balls. According to our guide, the snow-covered trail, high water level, and glacier activity made it impossible for our yaks to move any further. This meant that staging Camp 2 was out of the question. Our last chance was to start the next day and to compress several days into one by trekking from the Interim Camp to Camp 2, then directly to ABC and back. We’d discussed this option some time ago and rejected it for two reasons: a) Too physically intense b) More dangerous daytime exposure at the glacier But this was our last chance… Camp 2, 5,950m 5,760m Camp 1, 5,460m 6500m Interim camp, 5,760m
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