3rd October 2006
Everyone is safely back
at Intermediate Camp, midway between BC & ABC. They've managed
to strip the mountain of all their equipment and the transport is
organised to head back towards Kathmandu tomorrow. I'm sure they'll
enjoy a well deserved shower and a beer or two. Well done to everyone
who's overcome some very demanding conditions and returned safely.
1st
October 2006
Adventure
Peaks Team of 11 Summit Cho Oyu this morning 1st October 2006, they
included: Stu Peacock,
Pam Davies, Richard Griffiths, Colin Lively, Dan Tebay and our six
strong Sherpa Team. Well done to everyone. All are now safely back
at camp three and currently descending to camp 2, more news once
they are back at BC.
29th September
2006 - 14.00 GMT
Just in from the Cho Oyu.
The whole team (Stu, Colin, Dan, Pam & Richard plus the Sherpas)
have safely reached Camp 2 (7127m) and are getting a brew on!
Everyone's doing fine and the weather's looking good. They're still
planning to move up to Camp 3 (7500m) tomorrow with the summit attempt
on the 1st. We'll keep you updated as soon as we hear any news over
the next few days.
28th September
2006
The delights of Himalayan
climbing! With the team resting at base camp and everything in position
for a summit attempt the snow began to fall. The mountain is now
a very different proposition with more than 4' of new snow having
been laid down. The team have had a long wait for the slopes to
stabalise but things are looking a lot more positive now. Stu, Colin,
Dan, Pam & Richard plus our Sherpas are now making their way
upto camp 1 hoping for a summit attempt on the 1st October. The
slopes above Camp 3 are still an unknown quanity but we should have
some more information before summit night and we wish them a safe
and successful climb.
25th September
2006
Our latest update has
indicated that heavy snow is falling meaning the team have had to
suspend their planned summit attempt until they can assess the conditions
and the state of the route higher on the mountain.
19th September
2006
We've just recieved the
latest update from Stu at ABC. Most of the team have just returned
from spending a successful night at camp 2 (7100m) and are now resting
up at ABC. There's been a lot of snowfall in recent days but the
forcast is looking promising, with a gap between two weather systems
in the next few days. The provisional plan is to have an extra rest
day at ABC before moving up through camps 1 & 2 on the 25th
& 26th respectively. From there they aim to use camp 3 (7500m)
as a spring board for summit attempts on the 27th & 28th.
16th September
2006
The team is now resting
at ABC, with plans starting to form for summit attempts. We expect
the group to split into two summit teams with the first going around
the 27th September.
15th September
2006
The team have all stayed
overnight at camp 1 and have been to the bottom of the Serac Wall.
Stu Peacock(leader), Dan & Colin climbed above the Serac wall
to around 6830m. Yesterday(14th Sept) the sherpas fixed rope to
camp 2.
Everyone will now have a few days rest down at ABC before heading
back up to stay at camp 2.
If the last couple of days is anything to go by the monsoon appears
to be subsiding, with clear sunny days and cold nights.
Mandy, Pam, Jim, Ken,
Peter & Richard on one of the acclimatiser days from Chinese
Base Camp.
Team setting off for ABC
from Intermediate camp.
6th September
2006
The team had agood journey
into base camp, doing regular acclimatisation walks each day.We
have now arrived at ABC.
The weather has been great
the last two days, however we had some hail & rain on the acclimatiser
days at Chinese base camp. Everyone is looking forward to a couple
of days rest at ABC. The route to camp 1 is mainly snow covered.
The views from ABC are quite spectacular.
There are some very big teams on the mountain
this year and ABC space is limited, the sherpas have done really
well to get us a decent spec. After a rest day tomorrow we'll head
up to the base of the route for a bit of exploration.
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