Veikka’s dispatch, 10.7.2009
Veikka and Kazuya plan and prepare for summit push. If weather permits, they’ll take off for high Camps during the weekend. There is a predicted snow fall on monday, but it looks ok on the tentative summit day, on tueday. They’ll have the same schedule as Philippe Gatta on G2 (http://karakoram09.over-blog.com/). On snow day (monday) they should be at Camp 3, … and according to Veikka the mountain is fairly clean of snow on altitudes above 6500m. So they’ll pass through avalance risk areas on their way down to BC.
According to the Canadian Ski Patrol pro, there’s an avalanche risk. This has been assessed on G2: The experts decided that the conditions required a few more days to consolidate (http://www.altitudejunkies.com).
Camp 3 is set and secured for high speed winds. (Photo courtesy of Veikka Gustafsson).
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Veikka, Be safe. We are thinking about you. We will send you some good energy.
Dave