Anders and team are hanging at Base Camp, generally recharging their motors and of-course mostly waiting for a green light to go for the summit. We don't know when that will be but are hopeful they can head up again in a few days. Their team is talking about leaving the 12th/13th but at the same time we hear the earliest that the rope-fixing sherpa team would head up is as late as the 15th -17th. It's hard to imagine our guys would venture up through the Ice Fall again without some pretty clear intel that says the ropes will be fixed to the summit very soon....things are unclear at this point.
This year is very late but it's not unprecedented. For example, in 2005 the first summits didn't occur until May 21st and 230 people ending up summiting that year. Norgay and Hillary first climbed Everest on 5/29. 2012 was a season like this one, where the first summits were on 5/18.
So bottom line, there still is a lot more to this story and I suspect it will come soon enough....
We hope to get some pics from Anders from his recent rotation, and if we do, we'll be sure to post....
here is one we just received....Anders leading up into the haze....
Onward and Upward....
This year is very late but it's not unprecedented. For example, in 2005 the first summits didn't occur until May 21st and 230 people ending up summiting that year. Norgay and Hillary first climbed Everest on 5/29. 2012 was a season like this one, where the first summits were on 5/18.
So bottom line, there still is a lot more to this story and I suspect it will come soon enough....
We hope to get some pics from Anders from his recent rotation, and if we do, we'll be sure to post....
here is one we just received....Anders leading up into the haze....
Onward and Upward....
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