We have been in Base Camp for the last few days and our plan is to start out for the summit on Sunday 29th Sep. All being well we will summit on Thursday 3rd Oct.
Our friends from both Himex and Altitude Junkies were successful and are already packing up and heading back to Kathmandu. We enjoyed celebrating with them last night.
The weather forecasts have been inconsistent recently and this has proved to be quite frustrating, however, we are keen to get started on Sunday and have been repacking our equipment to make sure that we have everything we need.
We will be sharing the mountain with a Japanese team who are filming their journey for a children's programme and a few other teams.
Mt Manaslu from Base Camp captured this evening
Mummy's little soldier (he knows who he is) is in fine fettle as are the rest of us. Have a great weekend everyone.
Good luck to everyone and a wonderful photo of Manaslu, what breathtaking views with all the photos.
ReplyDeleteA stunning shot of a beautiful place ... I can almost hear you singing 'what a wonderful life this is' ... well something similar ! No doubt the continental lagers and bottles of wine courtesy of HIMEX and Altitude Junkie must help ! I imagine you may have gone round the monopoly board a few times by now .. so lets hope you still have some books to read while waiting for the weather to improve. I hear Mr A has put in a special request for another film night ;-). Happy fettling and a big hug from all back home eagerly awaiting updates on the blogs. T x
ReplyDeleteps. a number of folk who I have been sharing tales of the blog with have asked about your sleeping plan on the next venture. Do you stay at camp 2 for 2 nights, a night at camp 3 and then head up to camp 4 for a few hours rest before attempting the summit starting in the 'wee hours' of Thursday morning ? No doubt dependent on a few factors but would be good to hear your plan.
ReplyDeleteGood luck all with your summit attempt
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