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Current Expedition Time
Dispatch Four September
3, 2003: IMG guide Chris Booher filed the following
dispatch from Cho Oyu Base Camp:
Greetings from Tibet, After four lazy days of short
walks and a whole lot of sitting around at 16,000 feet,
we are finally ready to start our way up to our Advanced
Base Camp. Four of our sherpa team (Danuru, Mingma,
Phunuru, and Karma Rita) left Base Camp with 35 yak
loads of expedition gear on the 2nd to move up the
mountain and establish our IMG Advanced Base at 18,500
feet. The rest of us (11 climbers, 1 trekker, 4 guides,
3 Sherpa, 3 cook staff, and 25 yaks) will start our walk
up valley on the 4th. We plan to make an Interim Camp at
a little over 17,000 feet for the night of the 4th, and
move the rest of the way to ABC on the 5th. After moving
all necessary gear up to ABC we will not return to Base
Camp until the end of our expedition. We are all
currently feeling healthy and strong after recovering
from the usual stomach problems we encounter while
driving across the Tibetan Plateau for five days. Once
we get on the mountain and have the joy of Pemba's
fantastic cooking everyone's stomach issues seem to go
away, and we sit and eat as much of his food as we can
possibly get down.
It's great to have a gluttonous month and a half of vacation and still come
back thinner that when you left! All this food, and we have entertainment to
boot. After our tasty pizza dinner last night we all sat back with full
stomachs and enjoyed our first movie night on Cho Oyu. Thanks to the marvels
of lap tops and DVD's we were able to relax and let Hollywood entertain our
IMG expedition over here in Tibet. After we arrive at ABC we will check back
in with everyone via e-mail and will also have the satellite phone up and
running, as many people are looking forward to calling home during the next
week.
That's all for now from Base Camp. It's time to start moving higher on the
mountain. Chris Booher
—Eric
Simonson,
International Mountain Guides Director

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