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(Angela Benavides/update Aug 24, 2011 11:00 am EDT) The four climbers passed the most difficult sections and are on descent between Camp II and Camp I.Update Aug 24, 2011 02:00 am EDT:Gerlinde finally reached C4 around midnight, Darek followed shortly afterwards. Maxut and Vassiliy remained in the bivy tent at 8,300m for the night.The climbers will descend to C1 at 5,300m today - Ralf Dujmovits is also on his way up there. No further news is expected today until they all meet up. Previous Aug 23:Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner just summited...
First Manaslu and Cho Oyu teams ready to summit - updated
