Dan Mazur's Kangchenjunga Spring 2002

Dispatch March 5th, 2002: Today we made it to Nyalam, at 3700 meters. The day started out in sunshine at Zhangmu. It was very warm and beautiful. Everyone was excited to watch the snow melt, until an anonymous tourist told us it would be three days till the road was cleared. Then Jon Otto telephoned the Gyangyang Hotel from Lhasa, and said they would try to work on it. We left after lunch, and one lane of the road was cleared. One of our three land-cruisers had to pull the truck (with our baggage) up the steep bits. Then, it became very windy, and began to snow. Finally we made into Nyalam (which means Hell in Tibetan). Now, its almost sundown, and the weather has cleared nicely, and it has become a very beautiful day. We are hanging out in the Tashi-Amdo Cafe, located on the main street of Nyalam, and a famous restaurant where nearly every mountain climber coming in from Tibet has stopped to have a drink, over the years. Alex Lowe, Christian Bonnington, and Tomas Huber have stopped here. Tomorrow we might try for Tingri, Shigatse, or take a rest day here. Its not sure yet, as we are behind schedule due to the bad weather, and will have a group meeting and discuss the decision tonight at dinner. Will write tomorrow with the results. The whole group decision-making dynamics thing should be interesting, and I have no idea how it will come out. 

Thank you very much. Cheers for now. Yours
Sincerely, Daniel Mazur from http://www.SummitClimb.com

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