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Summitclimb Cho Oyu Expedition 2011: April 24 Update


Hi! This is Max writing a dispatch for the Cho Oyu Spring 2011 expedition. We made it safely to China! The whole team is healthy and acclimatising well at Nyalam, the second Tibetan city on our trip. We left Kathmandu at 4am this morning and traveled for about 4 hours to the Chinese border. The trip went very well and we had no landslides, protests or earthquakes on the way! At about 11am we crossed the border and got stuck at the traffic in Zhangmu. All the vehicles coming from Tibet kept coming without stopping and part of our team had to wait for over 3 hours. One truck lost its brakes and bumped into one of our cars. The accident caused an even bigger traffic jam, but Jurg and other members lifted and moved the truck out of the way. Thanks to them, the team will sleep in Nyalam today! Thank you guys! We'll spend another night here, then move to Tingri, where we'll have another 2 nights before heading to Cho Oyu. Our acclimatisation process will be very slow so everyone has a chance at getting used to the altitude. Thank you very much for following the news.
Max Kausch
 

Earlier:
Hi, this is Max Kausch writing the first dispatch for the SummitClimb Cho Oyu Spring 2011 Expedition. Every single member made it safely and is healthy in Kathmandu working on their last minute preparations before starting the expedition to the sixth highest mountain in the world! Kathmandu has been partially cloudy for the last few days and we have had a few thunder storms. Every one looks forward to the expedition ahead. Yesterday we met Ms Elizabeth Hawley, to review our plans for the upcoming expedition. She told us about other teams and wished us good luck! Today we had our briefing so all the members could get to know the details about the expedition, itinerary and other members. Everyone had purchased most of the equipment they need and are now packing up their duffles bags so we can try to cross the Chinese border tomorrow. Below is the team rooster:
    * Mr. Maximo Kausch - UK
    * Mr. Jurg Merz - Switzerland
    * Mr. Robert Mooney - Ireland
    * Ms. Violetta Pöntinen - Poland
    * Ms. Grace McDonald - Canada
    * Mr. Zsombor Tulit - Romania
    * Mr. Jozsef Sukos - Romania
    * Mr. Istvan Toaso - Romania
    * Mr. Zoltan Szabo - Romania
    * Mr. Enrico Cambini - Italy
Best regards from Kathmandu,
Max Kausch

 

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