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<\/p>\nWe may see the first autumn client summits this week, especially on Cho Oyu and perhaps Manaslu. Meanwhile most teams have arrived at all the other 8000ers on the schedule this season in mixed weather conditions.<\/p>\n
The permit numbers continue to increase as the Nepal Tourism Department issued this update:<\/p>\n
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The weather is tough at Everest Base Camp creating some delays. Hopefully it will clear out as the last traces of the summer monsoon fade away.<\/p>\n
Madison Mountaineering Autumn Everest<\/strong><\/p>\n Garrett Madison of Madison Mountaineering<\/a>\u00a0and his Mountain Hardwear team have arrived at Everest Base Camp and are doing the normal skills review on an obstacle course set up near base camp. Their trekkers have left so now it’s time to get serious.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Mystery\u00a0Everest Run\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Nothing new from Kilian Jornet<\/a>‘s who is on Everest and Lhotse.<\/p>\n Skiing down Everest<\/strong><\/p>\n Polish climber\u00a0Andrzej Bargie<\/a>l is working this way through the Icefall towards Camp 1. I suspect he is being very careful as, if he continues according to plan, will ski the Khumbu Icefall completely during his descent. He posted:<\/p>\n It\u2019s not so easy…We\u2019re still trying to find the safe way to camp I. In the morning the sun wakes us up, but in the evenings the weather is bad.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Nirmal Purja<\/a>\u00a0has shifted from Manaslu to Cho Oyu hoping to summit before the Chinese deadline of October 1. He gave this clear update:<\/p>\n My intent is to summit both <\/span>#ChoOyu<\/span> & <\/span>#Manaslu<\/span> by the end of September. Hoping that the Chinese government would allow me a special permit on <\/span>#Shishapangma<\/span> this year so that the mission would be complete.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Nirmal Purja has a total of 11 summits of 8000ers in 94 days: Annapurna (April 23), Dhaulagiri, Kangchenjunga, Makalu, Everest, Lhotse, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum I, Gasherbrum II, K2 and Broad Peak (July 26).<\/p>\n The 11 member Polish team who will attempt Lhotse via the standard route are already on the trek through the Khumbu. No new updates.<\/p>\n Carlos Soria Font\u00e1n<\/a>\u00a0is now on his way to base camp after acclimatizing in the Khumbu. This will be his 10th time attempting to summit Dhaulagiri. According to this report<\/a>, he is a member of a 15 person team led by woman climber Sophie Marie Therese Jeanne from France. Also on their permit are Spanish climber Sergio Mingote Moreno, Moeses Fiamoncini from Brazil, Mattia Ignazio Conte from Italy, Josette Valloton from Switzerland, Csaba Varga from Hungary, Skatov Atanas Georgiev from Bulgaria, Muhammad Ali from Pakistan, Maria Aguerri, Luis Miguel Lopez, Luis Cortadellas Villagra and Agustin Demetrio Gracia from Spain.<\/p>\n Another team reported on Dhaulagiri includes Angelika Herczeg from Hungary,\u00a0Aldona Barbara Drabik from Poland, Akira Saito from Japan, Antonios Sykaris from Greece, Chris Burke from Australia, Anastasila Volkova, Igor Derybas, Oleksii Kelin and Andril Dubok from Ukraine, Juan Pablo Prieto from Chile, Eva Kerekas from Hungary, Karl Debulsson from France, Akio Fujiwara from Japan, Jeannette Mc Gill from South Africa and Brett Martin from UK.<\/p>\n The rain and snow continues to hit Manaslu but not stopping progress. There are over 500 people on Manaslu this autumn including 260 foreigners. <\/span>Adventure Consultants<\/a>\u00a0said their team touched Camp 3 at 6700m.\u00a0They are at Camp 1 today.\u00a0<\/span>Climbing The Seven Summits<\/a> (CTSS) has made a rotation to Camp 1. \u00a0<\/span>Kobler & Partner<\/a>\u00a0and Furtenbach are both on Manaslu.\u00a0Some of the people on Manaslu this season include\u00a0<\/span>Muhammad Ali Sadpara<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Noel Hanna <\/a>and\u00a0<\/span>Lynne Hanna<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\nProject Possible – On Cho Oyu (Tibet) Now<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Lhotse –\u00a0Acclimatizing<\/h1>\n
Dhaulagiri – Almost to Base Camp<\/h1>\n
Manaslu- Ropes to Camp 3 in Tough Weather<\/h1>\n