To prepare ourselves for Everest, Samantha, Dave, Douglas and me had decided to climb Cho Oyu first. Cho Oyu is a 8201 m mountain and is known to be the “easiest” 8000 m peak. This climb was going to give us a first indication whether Everest was achievable. And it would allow us to get used to the use of oxygen bottles. Victor Saunders was our expedition leader. On 27th August, 2006 the team arrived in Katmandu. After a few days, we flew from Katmandu to Lhasa, the capital o