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Cho Oyu 2013 leader report

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Tim Calder has posted his leader report from this season's Cho Oyu expedition. The team reached a high point of camp 2 and had hoped to summit on 4 October. Heavy snow on the night of 3 October forced them to abandon their summit attempt:

"Pasang, the Sirdar, and I checked the conditions until 0230 that morning, but with no improvement the hard call was made to cancel the summit attempt. It is always a very hard call to make but in marginal conditions with snow accumulating by the hour there was only one choice..."

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