September 28, 2009
Adrian, Hiro, Soren, Julian, Jan, Desiree, and five Sherpas all attained the summit of Manaslu, the eighth tallest peak in the world today. The Swiss team followed suit impressively without oxygen. Dorji led the highly technical stretch to the true summit, which no one had been to in years. After this success, everyone descended an arduous 12,000 feet to Base Camp, the extraordinary Sherpas even...
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September 27, 2009
The team is heading toward the summit of Manaslu! The weather has been acting completely in their favor with clear and windless skies. On Friday, Adrian’s team (including four members) left Camp II (21,000′) for Camp III (23,000′), where they were to stay for a single night before pushing up to Camp IV (24,500′) on Sunday. Their weather window appears to be remaining open for a few more days and...
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September 23, 2009
All my apologies for the visual nightmare that is this blog…I am trying to figure out the problem! As long as it’s legible, however, I’ll keep you updated. Also, unfortunately, the internet and “good” satellite phone are down on Manaslu, hence the lack of photos. I’ll post some as soon as I receive them.The team has spent 2 nights at 6300 meters with a day trip all the way up to 6900 meters! The...
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September 19, 2009
After 13 days of getting super strong and acclimatized during the monsoon, the team was given a forecast of high pressure for this whole week. With clear days and cold nights, the melt/freeze cycle which diminishes avalanche conditions happened fast, and hopefully they are on their way to acclimatizing a bit higher at Camp II. More to come soon!
-Emily
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September 11, 2009
Reporting from Manaslu Basecamp:
Base camp is located on a stony moraine between two glaciers at approx. 4700m (15,600 feet), which is a moderate altitude, and should provide a good basis for rest and recuperation. Our camp is the biggest and most comfortable on the hill. In addition to individual sleeping tent for the members we have big tents for dining, kitchen, HQ/communications/store, food...
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