Alpine Ascents Cho Oyu 2005: Intermediate Camp

Sept. 1- Intermediate Camp: Night has fallen here at Intermediate Camp. The only sounds to be heard are those of our staff chatting in the cook tent over the static heavy signal of their short wave radio. I can barely make out the faint chimes of yak bells off in the distance.

It's 7 pm on Thursday. We left Chinese BC at around 10 am this morning in a long procession of yaks. Last night we had quite a bit of rain but were lucky this morning to have a lull to pack up camp. By the time we arrived at Intermediate Camp it was raining steadily again. We piled into a Tibetan trader's tent near camp to get out of the rain and wait for the yaks. Camp went up quickly and dinner was again excellent. It's all about good food and good conversation at dinnertime around here.

Suzanne, Don, Kevin, Tony and Mike are all doing well and we're all excited to arrive at ABC tomorrow. It'll take a bit of time to get used to camp at over 18,000 feet. We will have a few days to adjust before venturing much above that altitude.

We'll be off again tomorrow at around the same time and hope to be in camp well before dark. We are thinking of all of you back home.

All the best, Dave

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