Additionally, China had said no climbing on Shishapangma a few months ago after a string of deaths and accidents on the lowest of the fourteen 8000ers. They officially have stated they believe the mountain had become too dangerous to climb but most likely that is just an excuse to keep people out of Tibet right now.<\/p>\n
Cho Oyu – Final Summits for Season<\/h1>\n
Alpenglow<\/a>\u00a0squeezed under the October 1st<\/sup> deadline with summits in what guide Chad Peele<\/a> called “difficult conditions”:<\/p>\n Yesterday our amazing team summited\u00a0#Chooyu\u00a0with warm but overcast skies.\u00a0With all the recent snowfall we had a hell of a time breaking trail and kicking steps but with the help of our support team swapping leads we plowed to the summit!\u00a0Go team Phortse Sherpa ! Although we had a really long summit day, we were able to descend to camp 1 where we continued our hydration and promptly passed TF out. The following morning brought much needed sunshine & warmth and we continued our descent to ABC where we will spend one additional day of rest and organization before trekking to BC and starting our drive back to Lhasa<\/p><\/blockquote>\n 16-year-old girl Australian female, Gabrielle Jane Kanizay, summited with 3 other members and 4 Sherpas with IMG last week to become the youngest female to summit Cho.<\/p>\n Madison Mountaineering<\/a>‘s team is down to Garret and one client. They are at base camp and plan to wait a few more days to see if anything happens with the serac. I checked in with Garrett his Monday evening and he reported the serac had not fallen. \u00a0Kilian Jornet<\/a>\u00a0and his friend Carlos are using Gorak Shep as their base camp but are at Camp 1 today, Monday, September 30, 2019. Jornet had planned to make a speed climb reportedly via a new route from Camp 2. At this point, if he continues with his plan, it may be a solo effort in difficult conditions.<\/p>\n Thus far the CEO of Mountain Hardwear and his film team plus one of their athletes, the Polish National team and Andrzej Bargiel<\/a>\u00a0have all abandoned their hopes of an autumn summit after Bargiel<\/a>‘s team using their drone spotted the hanging serac. The serac was estimated to be 200-feet\/60-meters high and is about 3,000-feet\/1,000-meters above the midpoint of the Khumbu Icefall. When it falls it, the debris\u00a0is expected to span the entire Icefall all the way to Nuptse destroying any ladders or ropes previously there for the climbing route. In 2014, a similar event took place taking 16 lives as it landed directly on climbers in the \u00a0Icefall.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sergi Mingote<\/a>,<\/span>\u00a0Carlos Soria Font\u00e1n<\/a>\u00a0at age 80,\u00a0<\/span>Chris Jensen Burke<\/a> and Expedition Base<\/a>\u00a0are all on their summit push hoping to beat incoming weather later this week.<\/p>\n The Climbing the Seven Summits team is now at Camp 3 on their summit push. They are in one of the last waves this season.<\/p>\nEverest – Serac Watch<\/h1>\n
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Dhaulagiri – Summit Push Now<\/h1>\n
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Manaslu: Last of the Summit Pushes<\/h1>\n
Project Possible: China Remains Quiet on Nirmal Purja’ Permit<\/strong><\/h1>\n