Mera & Island Peak Expedition - October 2016

Leader and updates: Chris Allewell. Departed 15th October 2016
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9th November

The team are all back in Kathmandu celebrating their summit success and visiting the many sights.

5th November

More Success!!!  News in from Chris to say that all of the team have reached the Summit of Island Peak.  They are fit and well and are now in Debuche, they now head to Namche Bazaar and then onto Lukla on Monday.

29th October
Summit Success on Mera Peak. Chris texted today to say all the team reached the summit at 06:45am Nepali time.

28th October
The team are now in place at high camp to make their summit bid on Mera Peak starting in the early hours of tomorrow morning. Barry has descended back down to Khare with one of the trekking guides, he is heading back to Lukla and plans to still trek up to Everest base camp.

26th October
After a cold night, the team took a short acclimatisation walk above Khare up to 5200m, again enjoying excellent weather.We head up to the Mera La tomorrow with a possible summit bid on Saturday depending on winds.

25th October
The team made the ascent from Tagnang to Kahare (4870m)  as we approach Mera Peak. We enjoyed great views of Mera and the surrounding peaks arriving in time for a delicious lunch of rosti, veg and spam.  A rest day is planned for tomorrow with some practice using fixed line kit and abseiling. Everyone is fit and well and as the photo shows drinking lots of tea and juice to aid acclimatisation.

23rd October
Today the team arrived at Khote (3700m) after a cold night at Chumbu Khaka. Everyone is acclimatising well and enjoying the stunning views as we approach Mera Peak.

17th October
Despite some international flight delays all the team have arrived in safely into Nepal and made their flight today to Lukla without any weather delays. So now the fun begins starting with their first afternoon trek to Paiya. The journey to Mera Peak initially gives you the feeling that you are leaving the big mountains behind and heading down to the foothills as you circumnavigate into the Hinku valley. This is a much quieter valley than the Khumbu, but as you head back North you still get some amazing mountain panoramas, but with a more remote feel.