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The estimated schedule
for the climb can vary according to weather changes, conditions on the
mountain, illness and a million other things. However, a well known
schedule is approximated in the table below. The schedule allows for
time for “rest holidays”, illnesses, and allows for slow climbing. We may stay longer at Camp 2, an Advanced Base Camp, which
allows for less time to be spent travelling through the Khumbu icefall .
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| Arrive Kathmandu
via Qatar Airlines: Johannesburg - Doha - Kathmandu |
28th
March |
South Col Route Map
(Click for enlarged version)
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| Trek to Base Camp
(10 days) |
8th
April |
| Acclimatise, get
used to "home" for the next two months (six days) |
14th
April |
| Climb to Camp 1 |
15th
April |
| Back to Base Camp |
16th
April |
| Climb to Camp 2 |
19th
April |
| Back to Base Camp |
21st
April |
| Climb to Camp 2 |
25th
April |
| Climb to Camp 3,
spend night on oxygen; acclimatise - 1 Poisk Oxygen bottle each |
27th
April |
| Back to Base Camp |
28th
April |
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Pertemba and Chris Bonnington on the South-East Ridge
(Click picture to view enlarged version) |
29th
April |
Go on
"holiday" - trek down to a village |
| 4th
May |
Back to Base Camp |
| 5th May |
First Summit attempts become
possible - Base Camp to Camp 2 |
| 7th May |
Camp 2 to Camp 4 - 1 bottle
each to sleep on |
| 8th May |
Possible
Summit attempt - 4
to 5 bottles each for a 15 to 21 hour climb at 2,5 litres/min |
| 10th
to 15th May |
Go on
"holiday no. 2" if summit attempt fails - trek down once again
in order for the body to replenish itself |
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| Back to Base Camp |
16th
May |
Climber above the Hillary Step, South-East Ridge
(Click picture to view enlarged version) |
| Base Camp to Camp
2 |
17th
May |
| Camp 2 to Camp 4 -
1 bottle each to sleep on |
19th
May |
| Second Summit
attempt - 4 to 5 bottles each for a 15 to 21 hour
climb at 2,5 litres/min |
20th May |
| Back to Base Camp |
21st
May |
| Await better weather if summit
attempt number 2 fails; decide whether there is enough oxygen for a third attempt;
rest |
21st to 27th May |
| If there is enough
oxygen for a third attempt - Base Camp to Camp 2 |
28th
May |
| Camp 2 to Camp 4 -
1 bottle each to sleep on |
30th
May |
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Sean Disney, Expedition Leader
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31st
May |
Third
Summit attempt - 4 to 5 bottles each for a 15 to
21 hour climb at 2,5 litres/min |
| 1st June |
Back to Base Camp |
| 5th June |
Trek to Luhkla (4 days) |
| 6th June |
Arrive Kathmandu |
| 7th June |
Leave for home |
| 8th June |
Arrive Johannesburg |
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