The waiting game continues for Anders at Base Camp and the rest of his team down in Pangboche.
Two pieces of good news: 1. we've heard that the line fixing sherpas are up at the South Col and presumably with descent weather over the next two days, they'll have a good shot at getting lines fixed to the summit. There does seem to be some optimism that s short window will open up, hopefully enough to get the lines to the summit. 2. It looks like a decent window might open up a week or so from now. Here is a snapshot of that window:
Here is pic from the same place he took back when I hiked with him. The black triangle of Everest proper is peaking over the West shoulder on the left. The upper part of Lhotse, and it's big Face is dead center--you can see the South Col between Lhotse and Everest. Nuptse on the right in the foreground:
Finally a picture of a bit of a traffic jam from their last passage through the Ice Fall. Crowds and how to avoid them will be a major challenge with the late window--more on that later:
Two pieces of good news: 1. we've heard that the line fixing sherpas are up at the South Col and presumably with descent weather over the next two days, they'll have a good shot at getting lines fixed to the summit. There does seem to be some optimism that s short window will open up, hopefully enough to get the lines to the summit. 2. It looks like a decent window might open up a week or so from now. Here is a snapshot of that window:
Anders sent along a couple of pics. First, he climbed up to Pumori's Base Camp yesterday--this is above 19,000 feet and he did the climb from Base Camp in two hours door-to-door (this is very fast). In this picture, you can see Base Camp some 1,500 feet below:
Finally a picture of a bit of a traffic jam from their last passage through the Ice Fall. Crowds and how to avoid them will be a major challenge with the late window--more on that later:
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