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Berg Everest still up high
12:13 p.m. EDT Oct 6, 2003
The Everest crew spent today on the Lhotse Wall. Word is that the weather has been fantastic – light winds, clear sky, and some very benign clouds over Cho Oyu. They’ve been up at 6400m and above for quite some time now – this is definitely helping their acclimatization; with any luck they might even be able to reach Camp III, 6800m before heading down to Base Camp.
Should they be able to spend a night or two up there on this push, that will put them in position for a summit push rather soon. It is too early to tell however, once they got down to Base Camp we’ll have a better estimate on when a summit may happen.
After the avalanche, Nima Tashi acquired a consistent throbbing pain in his ear. This puzzled everybody, as Nima suffered no head trauma in the slide. Maegan had something similar happen to her after a skiing digger at one point – snow pack got in her ear, caused some pain, but eventually went away after a few days.
To be on the safe side a couple of Sherpas accompanied Nima down to Base Camp to have a doctor check out the ear. The way down took a bit longer than usual as the icefall had a couple of collapses and the doctors needed some time to repair the route. He and the rest of the Sherpas safely made it down to Base Camp.
A parting word from the Berg team, “The group of five of us walked up to the base of the Lhotse Face and felt awe-inspired by the sight. And we also knew the real climbing is all still ahead. And October holds a lot of challenge for us.”
Recent image of Berg Adventure's Camp II courtesy of BergAdventures.com.
Berg Adventures has the only South Side expedition this fall. They have a real challenge ahead of them these upcoming weeks having to fix and prepare Everest entirely by themselves. One of the expedition members, Maegan Carney plans to ski down from the summit.
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