Before I update you on yesterday afternoon, I thought I'd share with you a couple of the pics I took last night. I wanted to shoot EBC under the stars after dinner but a big cloud bank rolled in. I went to bed and awoke about 12:15 am and peeked out of the tent and saw a clear sky so I scrambled out of the tent and shot a bunch of pics. There was a lot of light pollution at the camp but I was able to get some good pictures. Here's a couple:
Back to yesterday. We really had a nice time hanging around yesterday. I really like our team and we sat around cracking jokes, telling stories and mostly laughing.
The 2nd climbing team came down and I spent some time talking to Passang Padowa who is Tsewang's father. He is a quite accomplished climber having summited Everest 19 times. His brother-in-law, and Tsewang's uncle, Ang Dorje came over and we talked about the Everest route this year and Tsewang's and my walk-about. Ang is a renowned climber. He was the lead Sherpa for Rob Hall and Adventure Consultants back in 1996 (Into Thin Air). He undertook a heroic effort to try to save Rob in the teeth of the storm--ultimately unsuccessful.
Ang has summited Everest 18 times as well. Pretty heady stuff talking to the two of them!
Anyways, another rest day today for Anders and I. Anders and team will leave for their second rotation early tomorrow morning (around 3) with the intent of going all the way to Camp 2. I'll leave here Friday morning for Katmandu unless the weather dictates that I leave tomorrow....
more later!
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