SummitClimb Cho Oyu 2004: Kathmandu

Ryan Waters, Checking in from Kathmandu, on a beautiful Sunday morning. Things are progressing well with our expedition so far. With slight delays with some of our members flights, and adventurous cab rides through the deserted city, members Ms. Maya Sherpa, Dan Blake, Pete Coz, Caroline Cuif, Jacques LeTrange, Ron Oliver, Mon Tindale, and Neil Wells are all safely in Kathmandu and shopping in town today for last minute items. We are expecting Roland Debare to arrive today and that will leave only Paul Burgess and leader Arnold Coster to arrive on the 6th. We are also excited that Master Cook Kipa Sherpa will be with us for our expedition.

We have scheduled a team meeting on the morning of the 6th and a group dinner that night in preparation for departure early in the morning of the 7th. We hope to reach the Nepal/Tibet border as early as possible in the afternoon, but there have been some reports of difficult road conditions on the Nepal side, so that may slow our progress a bit. We will be sure to update everestnews.com on our progress along the way.

We are all anticipating the arrival of our final team members and are starting to get excited about the climb to come. More soon from Kathmandu.

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