Summit Pics

 

 TEAM AT CAMP 1 PRIOR TO MIKE'S DESCENT. MALANGPHULANG IN BACKGROUND.

 TYSON AND KIM ON SUMMIT WITH LAMA GESHE POSTCARD AND EVEREST AND LHOTSE BEHIND.

STEVE ON GREY TOWER

Descent

We are about to depart basecamp this morning and heading for Deboche tonight and Namche bazaar tomorrow. Yaks will bring the rest of our gear tomorrow and catch us in Namche, which will put us on our itinerary schedule.

Ama Dablam summit

We started climbing at 1:30 this am, and Kim, Tshering and I stood on the summit at 10:30. Amazing views, but cold with a north wind, that turned Steve back. Got back here by 5:00; super tired. More soon.

Camp 2 Ama Dablam

Kim, Steve, and I are at camp 2, 20,000 ft; a tiny, sloping tower with barely enough space for the 4 tents that are here. Mike felt weak after 4 nights up high, and his cough just won't go away, so he decided to go down today. We plan to attempt the summit, along with our sherpas, Tshering and Karma, tomorrow. It will be a 2500' push, and we plan to start at 2 am. TB

Snow day at Camp 1

Today we are staying in tents at Camp 1 as it is snowing; maybe 6" in the last 18 hours. Our team is feeling OK, but anxious about stormy weather and dwindling time and energy. We still hope to move up tomorrow, but new snow renders slabs tricky.

Recon above Camp 1

Mike, kim, steve and I are resting today and feeling ok at camp 1, 19,000 ft. We climbed nice granite and knife-edges steep snow to 20,000 ft, yesterday, attached to fixed ropes. Tent sites at camps 2 and 3 are few, but we plan to break camp and move up tomorrow, Oct 21, weather and energy permitting. The next day would be our first summit opportunity. Ropes are fixed all the way up, and parties have summited the last few days.

Camp 1 Ama Dablam

Made it safely to Camp 1 at 19,000 ft. Many folks summited today.