Kieron and I arrived back in Namche mid afternoon after a fast decent (2 days) from base camp. There was no summit success this trip, the team made a high point and camp of approx 6100m on the first part of the ridge. Technical difficulties, poor snow conditions (at least 2 or 3 BIG avalanches from the face per day) and a bit of illness thrown in all hindered progress.
This line was much more technical than the photos would have had us believe and the time scale was probably too short but I guess that's all part of it!
On a plus side, we found out that the Japanese took 3 attempts before they summited so we've still got 2 more goes!!
Heading down to Lukla on Wednesday 28th, then on to Kathmandu for a few days R&R before the flight back.
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Glad to hear you're safely down. Look forward to hearing more about it. Best wishes, all at Out & About
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