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Chola Shan Expedition |
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Aug 1st. 7 am, white out. 7am - 12 am, ascending the glacier, extremely low visibility 12am, first glimpse of summit 1pm - 5:30 pm, climbing the summit block with fix line 6pm - 9:30 pm, descent back down to Camp 3. Too exhausted to eat.
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We caught up with the Chinese team who started 2 hours ahead of us. With no visibility, they were waiting for the fog to clear out at ~6000 meter. |
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Yao Zhen and Nima |
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At noon, fog lifted up and we saw summit block. Ma started preparing for leading the summit pitch |
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Belayed by Yao Zhen, Ma is leading the route and fixing ropes. |
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Having nothing to do while waiting for the fixed line, climbers all fell into sleep. |
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Around 3pm, finally visibility improved. We and the Chinese climbers are ascending the summit block using fixed lines. |
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Tao and Ma, the first to ascend. |
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Yao Zhen, the last one to ascend |
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Fellowship of Chola Shan on summit |
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Looking over Chola Shan II |
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Down-climb the ice dome |
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Down-climb the knife ridge. |
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heavily glaciated terrain that we passed in the morning |
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Crevasse |