Our arrival in Camp 1 was met with an overnight snow storm
that saw us back down in base camp yesterday thwarting our planned
acclimatisation rotation, sleeping at Camp 2 (6300m) for two nights and
dropping some rations off at Camp 3 (6700m) before returning to Base Camp.
Descending back to Base Camp from Camp 1 in the snowstorm
That said the weather has changed today for the better and
all the weather forecasts, from different team sources, are consistent in
stating that we have five days of good weather. We are off again to try and get
ourselves acclimatised by sleeping at Camp 2 and tagging Camp 3 ready for our
summit push.
Our friends in the HIMEX and Altitude Junkies, teams may be
going for their summit push in the next day or two and we wish them well.
On a lesser note our colleague Ben took ill on the way to
Camp 1 two days ago and has gone back to Kathmandu for medical tests. He was in
fine spirits upon his departure in the helicopter and we wish him well. No
doubt he and Little Chris will be down town Thamel, Kathmandu before long. Have
one for us lads!
Ben in fine
spirits before his departure in the helicopter
On another note, while in Camp 1 yesterday morning we met up
with Bradley (Keith Lemon) Beresford who is sporting his new look moustache.
Keith Lemon
(lookalike) visits Camp 1
That’s it for now.
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