Exciting Trip to Nepal
This would be my longest and most expensive of my trips to Nepal or Tibet so was the final goal. Preparations had been going over a year. 2012 I called Sujan, who I already know, and told him I wanted to climb Cho Oyu. Sujan was a positive set when I previously climbed with them. He sent me all the information and the trip took its start. In August 2013 I landed in Kathmandu, full of anticipation.
A year of planning, training, and preparation was over, now began the expedition. The expedition was as I expected, better in fact. The planning was excellent, problems that appeared resolved smoothly and quickly without affecting the expedition. The kitchen staff knew what an expedition member on an 8000m mountain needed, good energy-rich food. Expedition leader and guide Dipen and his colleague Lakpa Sherpa did so much more than just guided, it became a community where the goal was to reach the summit, and so we did. On September 29, at 09:30 am we stood there, on top of the world's sixth-highest mountain, 8201m. A completely indescribable feeling.
Thank you all at South Col Adventures for a very well conducted expedition. The next mountain is already in the mind and it's obvious to you who gets the assignment.