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The
International Mountain
Guides Cho Oyu 2001 Expedition
Dispatch
#4 IMG Team prepares to move to Advanced Base
Camp
Expedition
Leader John Race reports that the IMG team has been
busy preparing loads and getting ready to leave Base
Camp on September 5. The ten western climbers
and five sherpas will be accompanied by about 35
Tibetan yaks and 12 yak drivers from one of the local
villages. The yaks will carry about 30 kilos per load
(2 loads per yak). This is more than they can
carry in the springtime season (because the yaks are
stronger in the autumn after they have been eating
grass all summer). The team will move up to Interim
Camp, at about 17,000 feet for one night, en route to
ABC (at about 18,500'). This will be the only time
that members sleep at Interim Camp. Later in the
trip, when people are better acclimatized, climbers
will go directly up and down to and from BC and
ABC. Right now there are five other teams at
Base Camp getting ready to move up, and three teams at
Advanced Base Camp (these are reportedly one Japanese
and two Korean). So far so good!
