Cho Oyu Speed Ascent Update: A Turn In Fortunes

This article is part of an ongoing series covering Benedikt Boehm and Prakash Sherpa's planned speed ascent of Cho Oyu, Tibet -- the 6th highest mountain in the world. For background information, click here. First, for transparency's sake, I got a bit turned around regarding Benedikt Boehm and Prakash Sherpa's whereabouts yesterday. They weren't, as I stated, at base camp -- they were at pre-base camp. Based on the time stamps of a September 26th update from Boehm, the team is now at base