Arriving at The South Col on a windy day

An overview of conditions at The South Col (7,950m) by Tim Mosedale

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• South Col
• Everest

[timmymosedale]

Thanks for the comment. Not entirely sure exactly which bits you mean because obviously the video is nearly two mins long. But the tents straight ahead when I start are in a large flat area called The South Col. We had come from The Lhotse Face earlier that day which is lower down and below Lhotse itself. Hope that this helps. Cheers - Tim

[timmymosedale]

It's about 7,950m or so and is the 4th camp. The 3rd is at 7,100m to 7,300m on the Lhotse Face (depends where the tent spaces are available as to what altitude you are at) and Camp 2 is at 6,400m in the Western Cwm. Camp 1 is just at the top of the Khumbu Icefall at 6,000m. I've just posted some vids about the whole trip (split in to 5 parts) so that should give you a better indication about where everything is.

[prettyboyfloydrules]

the section where the tents are looks very flat and not steep at all or is this just a camera trick? it looks like its the top or crest of the hill or is it on a slope? is the lotse face behind you? and to your right is that the ridge from lhotse to everest that has never been traversed yet? thanks

[FishinGuitarMad]

@ultimatesurvivalcz The death zone is typically 8000m+ so yes almost under the death zone.

[ultimatesurvivalcz]

I guess, its a third camp right?? Almost exactly under death zone??