Apologies for the absence on the blog.
With a four day block of bad weather forecast the team headed down to Samagoan for two nights rest at a lower altitude. This by coincidence was the same day the development team arrived at Samagoan, they are in great sprits and are all very well. That evening a small number of continental lagers where had as we joined in with the Altitude Junkies Sherpa’s who celebrated a job well done on the Manaslu.
The following day (3rd) both teams made the journey up to Base Camp. This being the highest the Development team had been on the trek so far, they all arrived feeling good and with high sprits.
Both teams at a snowy Base Camp
With the conditions not the best at Base Camp the Development team decided to spend only one night before carrying on with their trek around to the Larkya Base Camp. We wish them the best of luck with their summits and look forward to seeing them again in Kathmandu.
Summit Attempt
The weather forecast is predicting a stable period between the 8th – 12th, with the jet stream arriving over Nepal around the 13th. The arrival of the jet stream will cause high winds across the summit and most likely end our summit attempt on the mountain. With this in mind the team have decided to head up the mountain and get into a position to summit early morning on the 9th with the option to delay at a camp and summit on the 10th. Chris is keen to point out that the planned summit on the 9th has no correlation with his birthday!
All being well we will be hopefully blogging our success on the 10th or 11th.
Wish us luck.
Brad the blogger you are back .... and in the wacky trousers purchased in Kathmandu. We have been missing you. I imagine a 'small number' of continental lagers is code for a lot ... can't imagine two sapper teams and a group of sherpas having a quiet night (or 2) ! I am sure the change of scene and the chance to sleep somewhere other than at base camp on a therma rest must have been appreciated. Mr A loves to celebrate a birthday ... he has planned it all along ! You just need to make sure you pack some porridge & cake for his birthday breakfast. Wishing everyone all the very best for a safe and successful trip and reading about summit success on the next blog. Thinking of you all.
ReplyDeleteGreat to have an update its amazing how used you get to reading it. I am sure the break eased the stir crazy feeling. I wish you all the luck for a successful trip and summit. I would also like to wish Mr A a very happy birthday and truly hope your next blog says summit achieved - best wishes to all and the dev team
ReplyDeleteMr and Mrs G just back from a Nepalese eve at The Gurkha in Crieff - well recommended, complete with genuine prayer flags, although not as tattered as yours probably are. We were reliving our time in Nepal and hoping that your absence from the blog was for good reasons. Beer is good enough reason! Wishing you all the very best for your summit bid - we will be thinking about you and keeping fingers xd that the weather holds. Happy Birthday Chris - hope you have more than just an additional year to celebrate.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, and fingers crossed Happy Summit Day. Hopefully the celebrations will soon be in full swing
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