Comments on: New Route on Cho Oyu: It's Now a Race https://explorersweb.com/new-route-on-cho-oyu-its-now-a-race/ Wed, 02 Feb 2022 16:18:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: don't be evil https://explorersweb.com/new-route-on-cho-oyu-its-now-a-race/#comment-10200 Wed, 02 Feb 2022 16:18:51 +0000 https://explorersweb.wpenginepowered.com/?p=47596#comment-10200 Are you sure they are planning to climb from Nangpa La? According to his instagram, they were stuck at Gokyo and are planning to head to the basecamp via 5th lake.

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By: Lenore Jones https://explorersweb.com/new-route-on-cho-oyu-its-now-a-race/#comment-10153 Sat, 29 Jan 2022 06:29:30 +0000 https://explorersweb.wpenginepowered.com/?p=47596#comment-10153 I'm wondering why the teams are working on this in winter. Is this side too rocky in summer?

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By: Saleh https://explorersweb.com/new-route-on-cho-oyu-its-now-a-race/#comment-10148 Fri, 28 Jan 2022 21:35:08 +0000 https://explorersweb.wpenginepowered.com/?p=47596#comment-10148 A 4-year-old girl named Mahnoor from Nagar district in Gilgit-Baltistan has won a silver medal in skating.

According to the details, winter sports competitions were held in Gilgit-Baltistan near Nagar from 17th to 23rd January in which a large number of athletes participated and won gold and silver medals.

Mahnoor, a 4-year-old from Hooper Valley in Nagar district, stunned the world by winning a silver medal in the ice speed skating competition. Residents of Gilgit-Baltistan, including Nagar, expressed happiness over the outstanding performance of Mahnoor.

In Gilgit-Baltistan, skating enthusiasts cheered Mahnoor on waving the green crescent flag with athletes twice their height. Her father in this regard said that his daughter is obsessed with sports.

The four-year-old girl won silver expressing happiness over this. Mahnoor’s father said that girls from remote areas should leave their homes and participate in sports. Like the moonlight, they will succeed, he said.

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By: chris https://explorersweb.com/new-route-on-cho-oyu-its-now-a-race/#comment-10145 Fri, 28 Jan 2022 17:14:13 +0000 https://explorersweb.wpenginepowered.com/?p=47596#comment-10145 In reply to damiengildea.

its unlikely that commercial clients will be following the footsteps of high end alpinists with long track records of extraordinary physical and climbing talents.

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By: Shivering Yeti https://explorersweb.com/new-route-on-cho-oyu-its-now-a-race/#comment-10144 Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:16:02 +0000 https://explorersweb.wpenginepowered.com/?p=47596#comment-10144 In reply to damiengildea.

The screaming reason is in the picture on the DW site.

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By: damiengildea https://explorersweb.com/new-route-on-cho-oyu-its-now-a-race/#comment-10139 Fri, 28 Jan 2022 04:28:16 +0000 https://explorersweb.wpenginepowered.com/?p=47596#comment-10139 Not sure what these businessmen are looking to sell their customers from the Nangpa La, at least without illegally crossing into China (as most ChoOyu teams did in the 1980s and 90s).

But given two guys with no O2, fixed ropes or Sherpas climbed the south face over 40 years ago, why not follow their route?

https://blogs.dw.com/adventuresports/index.html%3Fp=35805.html

If they're worried about avalanche danger, then why would they take customers up the north face of Annapurna?

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By: Mª Victoria Alvarez https://explorersweb.com/new-route-on-cho-oyu-its-now-a-race/#comment-10138 Fri, 28 Jan 2022 03:26:14 +0000 https://explorersweb.wpenginepowered.com/?p=47596#comment-10138 Good information, well explained and very good iconography. But I would like you to clarify a couple of points:

1- That it's a about it being a "race", when you write that Pioneer are willing to collaborate with the Gelje team in the last stage of the ascent...
2- The statement: "the commercial race will be anything but peaceful" because "the team that opens the route will likely fix the ropes for all expeditions visiting the mountain during peak season" (?).

Is it confirmed information or is it a matter of the editorial to add spice to the event?
Thank you.

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By: Marie https://explorersweb.com/new-route-on-cho-oyu-its-now-a-race/#comment-10136 Fri, 28 Jan 2022 00:33:45 +0000 https://explorersweb.wpenginepowered.com/?p=47596#comment-10136 Every opening of a new route for commercial climbs will have profound implications for the ecosystem, and: "Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realise that we cannot eat money."

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