A few weeks ago in Dalian I was introduced to a Chinese guy also named David who happened to be climbing Everest this year; a real coincident when in a city of 6 million people there is only one other person in Dalian to ever have summited Everest and this year there would be two of us attempting.
David called me tonight, clearly upset asking if I had heard about Everest being closed. Dave received notice that his attempt at Everest, also from the Tibet/China side, was cancelled due to the closure of the mountain. Any chance he had to summit Everest this year were dashed.
We tried to see the positive side of things (although that is hard to come by when you've trained so hard and so long for this once in a lifetime shot) and made a pact to get together next week for a few glasses of notorious Chinese bai-jiu (white liquor).
I am still waiting to here the status of our expedition - optimistic with reservations.
Bye for now. David
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