Summit Team Schedule
Nothing ever runs exactly to plan, but all things going well this is the schedule for Carrie and Keith over the coming 70 days as they acclimatise their bodies towards reaching the summit and returning safely to the UK.
Any updates from the team will be posted to the news pages.
To put pictures to all of this its worth looking at some links with good photos from previous North Ridge climbs showing the route and from the route
| Date |
Day |
Activity |
| Sun 1 Apr 2007 |
1 |
Depart Heathrow 21:30 hrs |
| Mon 2 Apr 2007 |
2 |
Arrive Kathmandu 06:25 hrs |
| Tue 3 Apr 2007 |
3 |
Formalities and final preparations |
| Wed 4 Apr 2007 |
4 |
Drive/Fly to Friendship Bridge, enter Tibet overnight in Zangmu or Nylam |
| Thu 5 Apr 2007 |
5 |
Drive to Nylam |
| Fri 6 Apr 2007 |
6 |
Acclimatisation day |
| Sat 7 Apr 2007 |
7 |
Drive to Tingri |
| Sun 8 Apr 2007 |
8 |
Acclimatisation day |
| Mon 9 Apr 2007 |
9 |
Drive to Base Camp (BC) |
| Tue 10 Apr 2007 |
10 |
Acclimatisation day |
| Wed 11 Apr 2007 |
11 |
Acclimatisation day |
| Thu 12 Apr 2007 |
12 |
Acclimatisation day |
| Fri 13 Apr 2007 |
13 |
Acclimatisation day |
| Sat 14 Apr 2007 |
14 |
Acclimatisation day Team should have pushed up to 6000m before heading up to ABC |
| Sun 15 Apr 2007 |
15 |
Group move to intermediate camp |
| Mon 16 Apr 2007 |
16 |
Move to Advance Base Camp (ABC) |
| Tue 17 Apr 2007 |
17 |
Acclimatisation day |
| Wed 18 Apr 2007 |
18 |
Acclimatisation day |
| Thu 19 Apr 2007 |
19 |
Climb to North Col ( & Keith's birthday too) |
| Fri 20 Apr 2007 |
20 |
Reserve day for climb to North Col |
| Sat 21 Apr 2007 |
21 |
Rest day at ABC |
| Sun 22 Apr 2007 |
22 |
Return to BC |
| Mon 23 Apr 2007 |
23 |
Rest period |
| Tue 24 Apr 2007 |
24 |
Rest period |
| Wed 25 Apr 2007 |
25 |
Rest period |
| Thu 26 Apr 2007 |
26 |
Rest period |
| Fri 27 Apr 2007 |
27 |
Rest period |
| Sat 28 Apr 2007 |
28 |
Return to ABC |
| Sun 29 Apr 2007 |
29 |
Rest day at ABC |
| Mon 30 Apr 2007 |
30 |
Overnight at North Col |
| Tue 1 May 2007 |
31 |
Overnight at 7500m |
| Wed 2 May 2007 |
32 |
Overnight at North Col |
| Thu 3 May 2007 |
33 |
Return to ABC |
| Fri 4 May 2007 |
34 |
Return to BC |
| Sat 5 May 2007 |
35 |
Rest period |
| Sun 6 May 2007 |
36 |
Rest period |
| Mon 7 May 2007 |
37 |
Rest period |
| Tue 8 May 2007 |
38 |
Rest period |
| Wed 9 May 2007 |
39 |
Rest period |
| Thu 10 May 2007 |
40 |
Return to ABC |
| Fri 11 May 2007 |
41 |
Move to North Col |
| Sat 12 May 2007 |
42 |
Move to 7800m |
| Sun 13 May 2007 |
43 |
Move to 8200m |
| Mon 14 May 2007 |
44 |
Summit days 7 drop to 7800m camp |
| Tue 15 May 2007 |
45 |
Summit days |
| Wed 16 May 2007 |
46 |
Summit days |
| Thu 17 May 2007 |
47 |
Summit days |
| Fri 18 May 2007 |
48 |
Summit days |
| Sat 19 May 2007 |
49 |
Summit days |
| Sun 20 May 2007 |
50 |
Summit days |
| Mon 21 May 2007 |
51 |
Summit days |
| Tue 22 May 2007 |
52 |
Summit days |
| Wed 23 May 2007 |
53 |
Summit days |
| Thu 24 May 2007 |
54 |
Summit days |
| Fri 25 May 2007 |
55 |
Summit days |
| Sat 26 May 2007 |
56 |
Summit days |
| Sun 27 May 2007 |
57 |
Summit days |
| Mon 28 May 2007 |
58 |
Summit days |
| Tue 29 May 2007 |
59 |
Summit days |
| Wed 30 May 2007 |
60 |
Summit days |
| Thu 31 May 2007 |
61 |
Summit days |
| Fri 1 Jun 2007 |
62 |
Descent to ABC |
| Sat 2 Jun 2007 |
63 |
Clear mountain |
| Sun 3 Jun 2007 |
64 |
Clear mountain Yaks arrive |
| Mon 4 Jun 2007 |
65 |
Clear ABC |
| Tue 5 Jun 2007 |
66 |
Back to BC |
| Wed 6 Jun 2007 |
67 |
Clear BC |
| Thu 7 Jun 2007 |
68 |
Drive to Nylam |
| Fri 8 Jun 2007 |
69 |
Drive to Kathmandu |
| Sat 9 Jun 2007 |
70 |
At leisure |
| Sun 10 Jun 2007 |
71 |
Return flight departing |
| Mon 11 Jun 2007 |
72 |
Return Flight Arrive Heathrow |
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