
Current Expedition Time
Dispatch
Ten: Friday, September 19, 2003 7:00pm Nepal time
Ang Jangbu Sherpa has phoned in to let
us know that the team continues to rest in preparation
for summit bids next week. Climbers Bill Burd and Nacho
Piedra, together with trekker Ken Goodwin, have decided
to leave ABC today and they will get a jeep ride to the
border at Kodari on Saturday, where our agents will pick
them up for the rest of the ride back to Kathmandu on
Sunday.
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Looking up the Gyabrag Glacier and the Nangpa La
Pass from about halfway to ABC Photo Source Eric
Simonson |
There is currently a ban in effect in
Nepal (strike called by the Maoists) which has shut down
all vehicular traffic and closed all retail shops until
Saturday, so thankfully our friends will arrive in
Kathmandu after this business interruption is over!
—Eric
Simonson
International Mountain Guides

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