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Hello Mountain Zone, this is Eric Simonson calling from Cho Oyu Advanced Base Camp with an update on what's going on. The weather seems to have settled down a little bit the last couple of days and we've decided to put it all together for one last summit try. So, today we're pulling the trigger on our summit bid and heading up to Camp I. Tomorrow we'll go to Camp II and then the next day to Camp III and we're hoping that the snow conditions up high will allow us to sneak in a summit bid.

We're still concerned, however, that all the snow in the last 10 days or so — even though the weather now seems to be getting a little better — may still pose a problem and present us with avalanche hazard up high. So, we're kind of holding our breath, but we're going to go and give it our best shot. So, that's about it for right now from ABC. Again, everybody's doing well and we should be back in a few days. And that's about it. Talk to you later, good-bye.

— Eric Simonson, MountainZone.com Correspondent

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