Update: Friday 6th November. On Wednesday 4th November at 11.30am elated and exhausted the team summited Lobuche East Peak 6119m (20,076ft) . Starting at 2.00am in the morning crossing grade 2 rock bands on the lower mountain they started the ascent on ice at dawn. At the top the team were rewarded with amazing views of the worlds highest peaks including Mount Everest. Abseiling down fixed ropes from the summit the descent back to base camp ended in the dark at 7.00pm. The whole ascent and descent of Lobuche East Peak took 17 Hours in total, leaving the team completely exhausted but feeling on top of the world. Thank you to all those of you that have supported us and donated to the Lobuche East Challenge. We will see you all soon, Will, Mike & Ian.
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On top of Lobuche East with Mount Everest in the background.
Views from the top and of the climb
Update: Wednesday 4 November. The team are on their way to Lobuche East summit today. Good luck guys!
Update: Tuesday 3 November. Will, Mike, Ian and Mira have arrived at Lobuche and are spending the day preparing for their climb on Wednesday. It’s not too late to sponsor the team, you can donate online through their Virgin Money Giving page, search for Will Tytler and the Lobuche East Challenge will come up. All money raised will go towards the 2016 40th anniversary funds, including funding a trip to Nepal for 12 young people.
Update: Monday 2 November. The team are now trekking from Dingboche to Lobuche and will spend Tuesday preparing for their climb. On Wednesday they will walk to Lobuche Base Camp before their climb on Thursday.
The first view of Lobuche East!
The team arrived safely in Dingboche – some pictures of the journey so far:
We have arrived in Namche Bazaar at 3445m. We leave tomorrow to trek to Tengboche and then on to Dingboche the day after, here will acclimatise in preparation for the trek to Lobuche. It is snowing here and so we will expect some fantastic pictures on route through the Everest Valley. We are 5 days from attempting to climb Lobuche East Peak at 6,119m. We will try to update everyone in Dingboche.
On the trek from Lukla to Namche Bazaar
On arrival at Lukla Airport
We are here in Katmandu
Lobuche East Challenge is an expedition to Climb Lobuche East Peak in the Himalaya in Nepal. Will Tytler, Ian Tytler and Mike Wardle, will climb the 6119m (20,076ft) mountain between 23rd October and 12th November 2015. All the money raised will go towards a mountaineering expedition by young people between 16 and 19 years old from Shadwell Basin Outdoor Activity Centre. The expedition aims to take young people from the East End of London and Climb Kalapatar in the Everest valley in October 2016. The group when there will also complete a community project for local people.
Please donate to our challenge to give them the opportunity of a lifetime.
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