Marty Schmidt reporting in from Cho Oyu 2004.

Hello Everest News, Namaste from Kathmandu. This is Marty Schmidt reporting in.  I thought you would like to know what I just did on Cho Oyu, 2004. On the 24th of Sept, 2004 I topped out on the summit with my client, Tom Cooney, from Oregon. We did not use sherpas or O2 at all. Completely unsupported. One the way day we ended up rescuing a man from camp II, taking 6 hours to camp I, having to build a make shift sled and help get him to the top of the serac at 6,700 meters, where I ended up lowering him 60 meters.

Then with 20 hours of rest at ABC, I turned around for a 13 hour push to the summit, with no support, no O2 and not using any fixed lines. I carried my skis the whole way and skied from the summit to the bottom of the snow at camp I in 3 hours.

Greetings from New Zealand, Home Sweet Home. Marty

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