Summitclimb Cho Oyu Expedition Autumn 2006: Dispatch Two

This is Philip Ling with the second dispatch from the Summitclimb Cho Oyu Expedition, Autumn 2006.

Today the following 5 Summitclimb Cho Oyu 8201m Expedition members arrived safely in Kathmandu.

David Cole. Australia.

Lee Farmer. UK.

Stephen Lawes. UK.

Jason Marsh. USA

Stephen Marsh. UK.

Our team is almost complete! Tonight all expedition leaders and members will go out in Kathmandu together for the pre-expedition dinner. Needless to say, these are usually somewhat lively affairs!

Today Phil Crampton, Arnold Coster, Philip Ling and some of our Sherpa staff finalised the packing for our expedition. Along with much other gear we packed 182 Primus gas cylinders, 39 high altitude tents, 20 snowbars, 22 stoves, 13 two way radios, 16 oxygen cylinders (for those members using oxygen) and 400m of rope! Tomorrow we will check all the members gear to make sure that everyone has everything they need. Missing items can then be purchased here in Kathmandu. At 3.00am (!) on the morning of the 5th of September we leave for Tibet.

Philip Ling on behalf of Summitclimb.com

Summitclimb Cho Oyu 8201m Expedition Autumn 2006 team list:

Dan Mazur. England and USA. Expedition organiser.

Murari Sharma. Summitclimb's expedition agent in Nepal.

Phil Crampton. England and USA. Expedition Leader.

Arnold Coster. Holland. Expedition Leader.

Philip Ling.  Australia and St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria. Expedition leader in training.

Philippe Caboche. France.

Alain Denamiel. France.

Martin Holton. England and Belgium.

Samuli Mansikka. Finland.

Jere Pettersson. Finland.

Thomas Sexton. USA.

David Cole. Australia.

Lee Farmer. UK.

Stephen Lawes. UK.

Jason Marsh. USA.

Stephen Marsh. UK.

Stephen Backshall. UK.

Paul Burgess. Canada.

Gianfranco Valente. Italy.

Michael Hsu. USA and China.

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