The day before yesterday was held by our kitchen crew and a Lama, the traditional Puja ceremony. In the Buddhist faith to vote in this ceremony, the gods have mercy and bring protection for the entire expedition team. Before this ceremony should take place no activity on the mountain. We could not get hold of course. In this religious ceremony will be interpreted by each expedition personal items around a stone altar, placed prayer flags and prayer spoken. The rest of the day we spent preparing the equipment for the first climb to Camp I.
We work yesterday at 7:30 clock in light snowfall and cool temperatures for the first time Direction High Camp I (6,400 meters) is started. First, the path led us through a seemingly endless snowy glacial moraine. Slowly without noticeable gain in altitude we are, each following his own rhythm marches. We were always the so-called "killer slope", which should be the criterion on the way to Camp I in mind. As a killer hill on Cho Oyu, a 400 meters, referred to very steep gravel slope at a height of 6000-6400 meters which - at least when you first walk -. requiring the body a few climbers Thus, it was going to go from a slow, very slow than two hours should it take until we, after a last steep section, a small one. Plateau reached by which have already opened many expeditions high camp tents. After the weather was getting worse, we have set only one of our tents in a small gap, deposits the remaining equipment in it, something snapped and the beginning of the snow storm started the descent into the advanced base camp.
After yesterday's effort is now a rest day in the program. Tomorrow we will once again rise to the camp I sleep there and the day after an initial foray into the camp II (7100 m) try to deposit there, but only a tent and descend back to camp I or possibly even up to ABC. Thus, we are on 20 or 21 9 back to write an update for you. Until then We send you many greetings from Cho Oyu, Michael for the entire team of Cho Oyu Expedition 2010th
Photos: Altar & Lama with Prayer Book in the Puja ceremony, tent city in the Camp I at 6400 meters
PS: have With the continuing bad weather we have little power from our solar panels for the phone and the notebook.
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