Mt Everest and K2 Summiter: Ivan Vallejo Kangchenjunga 2006: We have a date, God willing, to get to the summit of Kangchenjunga

Fernando Gonzalez-Rubio on the Summit K2

I AM LEAVING TO THE SUMMIT

Kangchenjunga Base Camp

Dear friends of Ecuador and the world. 

We have a date, God willing, to get to the summit of Kangchenjunga.  If the conditions are still the same and the weather lets us, as it has so far, we could be on the summit of this dear Kangchen on Monday, May 15.

We have had a meeting with Ralf, the chief of the international expedition, and with Norbert Joos, the chief of the Swiss expedition, and they shared the weather forecast that points as good days for the summit next Sunday 14 and Monday 15.  For our part and our Basque friends, if we wanted to go on Sunday the option would be to leave today from BC, but since our rest day was planed including today, we have planed, God willing, this next Monday 15 for our summit day.

Ahead of us are Ralf's team and 5 expedition members.

Tomorrow, Friday 12, we will leave form BC, Basque and South American together, directly to C2 at 6,800m and we will spend the night there.  On Saturday we will move from C2 to C3 at 7,250m where we will spend the next night.  On Sunday we will climb from C3 up to around 7,800m where we will look for a safe place to install our tent in what will be our C4.  On that place we will spend our time resting, melting snow, hydrating, bearing the lack of oxygen and then we will leave after midnight.  We think it will take us between ten and twelve hours from the last camp to the summit. 

God willing, on Monday afternoon I may let you know that we got to the summit of this great and precious mountain.  I will count with your prayers and good energy, that will make my backpack lighter and will give more oxygen to my lungs.

With love from my Base Camp.

Iván Vallejo Ricaurte

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Translated from Spanish by Jorge Rivera

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