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Everest Base Camp Trek & Island Peak Climb:  Readying for Island Peak

Posted by: | April 06, 2011
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Everest BC Trek
Elevation: 15,514'

Hey RMI this is Linden Mallory calling with the Everest Base Camp Trek & Island Peak crew.

I am calling from Chukung which is the last little town at the head of the Imja Khola Valley.  The last village before we get to Island Peak.  We left Pheriche this morning, again just another gorgeous day here.  We are definitely in a pretty consistent weather pattern of clear skies in the morning.  We walked up the valley, the team is well acclimatized so we made great time up here and got into Chukung about mid day.  We spent the afternoon re-sorting our gear and basically transitioning from trekking to climbing.  We’ve got all our duffle bags packed and looking forward to heading to Base Camp tomorrow.

Again this afternoon the clouds rolled in and the same story right now, it’s snowing lightly here in Chukung.  Thankfully, not a whole lot of new snow these last few days so we’re all quite pleased about that.  The plan tomorrow is for the Island Peak team to head into Base Camp and start getting ready for the climb.  Our Base Camp Trekkers are going to head back to Namche and enjoy some nice hot showers and thicker air and warm temperatures of the lower elevations.  We all just had a great final dinner together.  Everybody again is just thrilled to be here and we’re having a great time and looking forward to the next climbing adventure.  We’ll check in tomorrow from Island Peak.

Take care.

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