Monday, May 15, 2017

Camp 3- Lines Are Fixed!!

The lines are finally fixed to the top!  A sherpa team made it early this morning and there were a few sherpa summits!  

I just heard from Lhakpa, the team made it safely to Camp 3, had dinner and are now sleeping on oxygen.  He said they are doing great.  The plan is to head to Camp 4 in the morning, rest for a few hours and start heading for the summit probably between 9pm to midnight (their time on the 16th).  So hopefully watch for an update between 5pm-midnight (our time) tomorrow night (16th!)  I'm not sure they will have a way to text/call but Lhakpa should be able to text us.  

From everything we have heard this will be a fairly short weather window so they need a bit of luck and prayers right now!  The great news is most of the teams are still at base camp so hopefully they will not see the crowding issues that were a big concern earlier.  Historically, this team is usually able to move pretty fast if they are not stuck behind other people so let's hope they are still able to do so at this altitude (relatively speaking.) 

Climb On- to the top!

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