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Eric Simonsom (email) - 22 Nov 2012

Hamill and Shishapangma team summit bid schedule:

Sep 29 Camp 1
Sep 30 Camp 1
Oct 1 Camp 2
Oct 2 Camp 2
Oct 3 Camp 3
Oct 4 Summit (Central Peak) and back to C3
Oct 5 Base Camp
Oct 6 Depart
Oct 7 Sherpas and members to Zhangmu, Mike Hamill, Al Hancock, Vanessa
O'Brien to Tingri.
Oct 8 Sherpas and members to Kathmandu, Mike Al and Vanessa to Cho Oyu ABC
Oct 9 ABC
Oct 10 Camp 1
Oct 11 Camp 2
Oct 12 Summit and back to ABC
Oct 13 Pack up
Oct 14 Depart
Oct 15 Kathmandu

Oxygen: all of the western climbers used oxygen from high camp on both Cho Oyu
and Shishapangma
Camps: the normal camps on Shishapangma and Cho Oyu were used.


From IMG web site:

Congrats to IMG Leader Mike Hamill, Vanessa, Al, Danuru, and Karma Rita for a successful Cho Oyu climb. They are the last team on the hill, literally, as all other expeditions have now departed the mountain. Mike said the climbers were super strong and acclimatized after previously climbing Shishapangma, and they decided to start from Camp 2, since the weather was looking good. In fact, Mike said the conditions were excellent, the best of any of his five Cho Oyu summits. They left Camp 2 at about 1 am and reached the top a little before 8 am, and were back to Camp 2 by 10 am, which is a really fast time. After brewing up at Camp 2 and having a good rest, they continued their descent, and have now made it all the way down to ABC! On the way down the group managed to get all the Camp 2 gear down to Camp 1.