Sep 16 – Golmud, at last
More mystery food on the flight and a Muslim meal, followed by the scrum at Geermu/Golmud airport. Golmud is dry, dusty, with intense sunshine and 12 deg temps. Glad to be here and a great...
Sep 17- Yuzhu North basecamp
Drove into the Kunlun range today for a acclimatisation hike near Yuzhu Peak(6178m)’s basecamp. Trekked to the glacier snout and...
Sep 18-20 Tuo Tuo (4560m)
Seems like Grant, my webpage manager is having problems updating. After a 370km ride yesterday to town at the source...
Sep 20- Closer!!
We are at Wen Quan at 4922m, with an obscured view of the Longyala glaciers and peaks- woo hoo! Across west and further away is the Tanggula group of peaks. 0830am. Ever Upwards! David
Lost?
Contributed by Axe Rawlinson An image taken by David Lim this morning on his drive into basecamp on the Qinghai plateau in...
Lost and Found
Update as of 4:47PM 20/9/2012 by Axe Rawlinson The technical problem with David’s blog has been solved by his ever-so-efficient...
Sep 20 – 22: Basecamp found and up to high camp?
An update from the team as of 7PM (Singapore time) on 22 Sep. I spoke to David by Thuruya Sat phone voice and SMS over the last 24 hours. The team has finally found access...
Sep 23 – Advanced camp established
Yesterday the team managed to establish an advanced camp after an exhausting 5 hour hike with heavy 25+kg packs. Advanced...
Sep 23 – Update 2 – battling the winds and short on matches!
5:30pm Singapore time. I just spoke with Rozani and David by Thuruya Satellite phone. They have had a hard 7...
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