Himalaya Spring 2018: No-Oxygen Summit On Makalu, World's Highest Dinner Party

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IMG squad has already spent the night at Camp 3 and is now heading back down to Base Camp, even as others head up for their turn at that location on the mountain. With this rotation out of the way, they'll now rest up in BC and wait for the lines to be fixed to the summit. From there, it is just a matter of watching the weather to find a proper window. That could happen sometime late next week.

Similarly, the Adventure Consultants are on the move today as well with the team moving straight up to C2 directly from BC. Presumably they'll head up to Camp 3 tomorrow as well, getting a chance to spend some time at altitude. The Jagged Globe team was already at that position and have now dropped back down to C2 as part of their current rotation. They report cold, uncomfortable conditions  on the mountain. So cold in fact that all their phones, watches, and cameras saw their batteries die.

To put things a little into perspective, while these teams have been laboring away on the mountain, the Furtenbach

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Adventures crew is just now arriving in Kathmandu. How are they pulling that off and hoping to summit in another week or two? Simple, they've been pre-acclimatizing in oxygen tents back home prior to their arrival. In theory, they'll have already done much of the work of getting ready for the climb ahead of time and are now ready to just go up. They'll still have to be physically fit for the ascent, but they are otherwise set to begin their expedition, even at this later stage of the season.

Finally, we have another one of those odd Everest records to report on. A few days back, a British team of climbers held the "highest black tie dinner party" ever when they had a fancy meal at 7050 meters (23,129 ft) up the North Side of the mountain in Tibet. The meal included a table, fine dinnerware, cutlery, flowers, a candle, and a three-course gourmet meal. The view wasn't bad either. (Thanks to my friend George for sharing this story!)

We'll be back with more updates as things continue to progress. ADSENSE 336 x 280 dan ADSENSE Link Ads 200 x 90

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