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Gary Guller Summits Cho Oyu - World's 6th Highest Mountain

01 October

Team Members Summit Cho Oyu!

Gary and the team communicated via sattelite phone that he and 3 team members and 2 sherpa reached the summit of the world's sixth highest mountain, Cho Oyu (8201m, 26,900ft) on September 28th.

The team and supplies were safe at Base Camp on 9/30 and were preparing for the trip back to Nepal. They hope to reach Kathmandu by October 4th or 5th. Details of the summit and return to Kathmandu will continue to be posted as they are received. Congratulations to Gary and the Team! Stay tuned for more details as they come in!

03 October - Climbers Summit Cho Oyo, Waiting at Base Camp

Team Leader, Gary Guller was finally able to get a solid satellite connection to give us some updated and corrected information about the Arun Treks International Cho Oyu Expedition Team. Thanks so much for your patience and support while we waited for these details!

Greetings from Cho Oyu Base Camp! Yes, we are still here at Base Camp awaiting our 45 yak to help us bring our gear back down to a more reasonable altitude! All team members are here and we are healthy and have gotten word that the yak will arrive early tomorrow morning (10/4). With this in mind, the team will be back in Kathmandu on 10/7/04 and heading home to our respective home countries shortly after that.

Arun Treks is proud to announce the following people who summited Cho Oyu with us this season:

  • Mr. Hitoshi and Mr. Kitashi with Manbardu Gurung summited on 9/25/2004 at 8 am.
  • Gary Guller, Namgye Sherpa, Lakpa Sherpa, Brooke, Claire, Jens and Dawa Sherpa summited Cho Oyu on 9/28/2004 at 9 am.
  • Christian from Germany summited on 9/30.

A big congratulations is extended to all team members!

Family members and friends can rest easily now, knowing we are all safe, happy and healthy back at Base Camp and looking forward to our arrival in Kathmandu on 10/7/2004. A big hello and Thank you to George at EverestNews.com for keeping track of all of us up here. Hugs to all family and friends of our climbers and sherpa team members. Thank you to all our supporters who sent positive thoughts and prayers on the wind for our safe passage on this beautiful mountain.

I'll be back in touch from Kathmandu!
Cheers,
Gary and the Team

25 October - Summit Photos

Thanks so much for your patience and support throughout our extremely successful expedition to Cho Oyu. In total, we had 14 members on this truly international Team. I'm pleased to confirm that out of the 14 folks on the team, 10 summitted, 3 climbed to the Yellow Band and 1 very special person, supported us all the way to Base Camp.

We all pretty much went our separate ways after returning to Kathmandu, of course after a wonderful evening celebration of cultural dancing and laughing... you get the idea :) I'm sure. Some team members are now traveling, others are back in Europe, South America, Japan and the USA. We fully appreciated all the support and good wishes. Personally, I cannot express enough thanks for the continued support from all those that allow me to continue to raise the much needed attention for the potential of all people, including those with disabilities. Thank you.

Our best to the folks at EverestNews.com for all of their coverage. Well be back again in 2005! Join us - its a beautiful mountain and a great climb.

We'll see you soon.
Gary and the Team
(Now watch this Drive!)

 

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