Nirmal Purja<\/a>\u00a0has not confirmed on his social media that he received the permit from China to climb Shishapangma but multiple media reports say he has been approved. One said he must wait until at least October 8 to enter Tibet so he may be waiting to make sure this really happens. Obviously, they will be the only climbers on Shish because previously Chinese climbing officials had declared the peak closed citing dangerous conditions. There have been multiple incidents over the past few years but in reality, it’s probably no more dangerous than it ever has been. Shish is known to have serious avalanche danger.<\/p>\n His Project Possible is to summit all 14 of the 8000ers in seven months. Now he\u00a0has 13 in a mere 157 days: Annapurna (April 23), Dhaulagiri, Kangchenjunga, Makalu, Everest, Lhotse, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum I, Gasherbrum II, K2, Broad Peak and Cho Oyu and, Manaslu (Sept 27). He needs to complete Shish by November 23 to meet his goal of seven months.<\/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. Garrett reported that low clouds and snow have moved off Everest and they are enjoying nice weather for a change. The hope is the hot sun at these altitudes will create enough of a disturbance that the serac will release soon.<\/p>\n Kilian Jornet<\/a>\u00a0and his friend Carlos are using Gorak Shep as their base camp but have made several climbs into the Western Cwm. 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 <\/p>\n Sergi Mingote<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Chris Jensen Burke<\/a> and Expedition Base<\/a>\u00a0are all on their summit push fighting tough conditions.\u00a0Sergi gave this update as they reached Camp 3:<\/p>\n After breaking through the snow, for almost 11 hours! We’re already in Camp 3 of Dhaulagiri, at 7,254 meters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n He posted this and a short video the previous day:<\/p>\n We finally decided to stay in Camp 2 (6,500 m). Yesterday was a hard day, the trail was very snowy and there was a positive elevation of almost 2,000 meters. Tomorrow, very early in the morning, we will go to Camp 3 and try to install it at 7,200 meters high. If the snow and the wind allow us, we will start our way to the top of Dhaulagiri on the night of day 2 and our intention is to reach it on October 3. It is complicated because of the amount of snow accumulated but we have to try. We will achieve it!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n He may go for the summit tonight, October 2\/3 in Nepal with mates Juan Pablo Mohr and Moesses Fiamoncini.<\/p>\nEverest – Serac Watch<\/h1>\n
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Dhaulagiri – Deep Snow<\/h1>\n