Thursday, March 20, 2008

Jopuno Summit Day, 5,936 meters

Jason called tonight. He and Josh made it to the summit of Jupuno yesterday. Sam and Sarah made it to around 18,500 ft. Jason said it was an 18 hour day. They left base camp around 3:30 am and reached the summit around 1 pm and returned to base camp at 10:30 pm (He said the cooks prepared a big dinner). Jason said the day started out clear and became cloudy around 10 am (like the last couple of days, he said). Jason said they climbed a 45-50 degree snow slope, to a rock band then to very loose rock. Jason described it as loose shale. Jason and Josh did not have any summit views because of the snow. He said the descent was tricky with the snow on the loose shale. He said today was a rest day and his feet and toes were sore from the 5,500 ft up and then down. 
Jason said there was some sort of strike going on in India (bus?, road?) so they may have to charter a helicopter back.

7 comments:

Unknown said...

Congratulations on the summit!! For those of us metrically challenged that's 19475.0656167979 Feet! I think....

Unknown said...

Congratulations on your Jopuno Summit!!

Now you can concentrate on your next summit bid, yes!

The Beist said...

Awesome! Well done. I hope that you have good luck on the other summits.

Anonymous said...

S W E E T ! ! ! Nice job Jason, looking forward to what else y'all have in store.

Rex

Anonymous said...

Congratulations Josh and others!
Thanks to this great blog Sara and I have kept close track of you guys.
Dad

Unknown said...

Way to go guys!! Sorry the views were not there. I think you deserve a day or two of tourist activites for goodness sakes.

Courtney Purcell said...

Great job, guys. Success!