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Everest Permits-May 10th |
DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog) It looks like the permanent permits for the South side of Everest have been issued for this year. However climbers will not be allowed move above camp 2 until the 1st of May and they will have to take a ‘rest’ at Base Camp between the 1-10th of May. This is due the fact China are trying to carry the Olympic torch to the summit between these dates. The question this year appears to be however will a ‘Free Tibet’ banner appear on the summit as has been rumoured? Below a picture of the gear the torch relay team will be wearing on summit day!
The Kazakh national team decided to abandon their attempt at a Lhotse-Everest traverse a while back but had said they may attempt just Lhotse. This is unlikely now with the mountain not effectively open until the of 10th of May.
-Eoinod-
Latest Comments (1):
yeh.. I think its bad how they’ve taken over the route.
Sat phones & walkie talkies have been banned with army at C1 & C2 to check for their usage.
http://boards.teamgearedup.com/topic/comms-blackout-on-everest
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