Monday May 15, 2006

May 12, 2006 Back to Basecamp

Back to base camp. We arrived at basecamp yesterday. It took us about 4 1/2hours from ABC to BC. Yesterday morning we watched four people coming down from the summit. As the day progressed the winds really picked up.

There have been many people over the last couple of days moving up to camp two to get in possible position for a summit push. As the weather has been reasonably good people having been pushing up the mountain even though this is still early. We are in the position now to recover as much as possible here at basecamp and wait for a good weather report in the later part of May. This is giving people a chance to sleep better and eat, and also try to get some strength back before the summit push.

The group is planning to have at least four days here before we think about moving back up to ABC. All will depend on the weather, and peoples health.

It seems at this point that the group will climb as two groups. All of this is to be determined.

Anne at Basecamp.