The foreign climbers are heavily supported by a reported 14 Sherpas from Seven Summits Treks<\/a> and\u00a0Pioneer Adventure<\/strong><\/a> who said they\u00a0have “touched 7300m and set a summit target date for October 22, 2022.”<\/span><\/p>\n Harila usually climbs with just two Sherpas but the Cho route from Nepal is rarely climbed and definitely dangerous, especially towards the top\u00a0due to avalanches and other objective dangers. Of the 3,923 summits on Cho, only 135 have been from the Nepal side. T<\/span>hey have had issues with the weather being stuck in Lukla for a week and then an avalanche wiped out the fixed rope\u00a0between Camps 1 and 2.<\/p>\n 2022 has been a treacherous weather year across Nepal and Pakistan with an unusual monsoon. Let’s hope they get a break and can climb safely.<\/p>\n If she can get Cho, then\u00a0Shishapangma remains and thus the snag. She needs permission from China and they have closed it for the last two years allegedly due to COVID. She recently gave the update “The Chinese government has yet not accepted my request to climb Cho Oyu [from Tibet] and Shishapangma.”<\/p>\n The current 8000er record is 189\u00a0days between April 23 and October 29, 2019, by Nirmal Purja Pun Magar and is recognized by Guinness World Records<\/a>. However, a study posted<\/a> online notes it took Nirmal five years, four months, and 25 days to complete all 14, primarily due to their conclusion that he didn’t reach Manaslu’s true summit during his 2019 campaign and only did in the autumn of 2021. Kristin’s first summit of the project was\u00a0Annapurna on April 28, 2022. She will need to finish by November 3, 2022, to get the speed record under six months, but could go into next year to still get a record.<\/p>\n The Taiwan News<\/a>\u00a0posted a provocative article questioning whether Grace Tseng actually made the true Manaslu summit in a record 13 hours citing another article by Formosa News<\/a>. It’s reported she offered no proof and her WaBay fundraising account is now frozen. She had raised\u00a0over NT$5 million (US$156,000).<\/p>\n She is suppose to be on Cho Oyu with Harila and Brownlee then Shish aiming to set a Taiwanese record, but she’s’ gone quiet for now. \u00a0If operators care about their credibility, they need be careful not be complicit in any fraud. Somehow, I feel like reporting on climbing has become fodder better for a British or American tabloid.<\/p>\n It may feel these days that you must hire a Sherpa to climb a mountain, well while not a bad idea, there are many climbs, obviously, around the world that do not rely on Sherpa Power. Coming up in the Southern Hemisphere are climbs like Argentina’s Aconcagua, Antartica’s Vinson Massif, Pico de Orizaba and Iztaccihuatl, Mexico, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi and Cayambe, Ecuador.\u00a0While many Nepali operators are now expanding to climb these peaks, the local guides have been doing just fine for decades.<\/p>\n I use the Himalayan Database<\/a> as my primary source of Everest summit statistics. If you are climbing in 2022, they are asking you to fill in an electronic web-based survey. This replaces the time-consuming process of visiting each team in their hotel before the climb. \u00a0Please use this link<\/a> to complete the survey. You can now download the HDB for free at their site.<\/p>\n Climb On! You can listen on Spotify<\/a>, Apple<\/a>,\u00a0Google<\/a>, Pocket Casts<\/a>, RadioPublic<\/a>, Anchor<\/a>,\u00a0and more. Search for “alan arnette” on your favorite podcast platform.<\/p>\n![\"Cho](\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Cho-Oyu-seen-fro-Goyko.jpeg\")
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