Monday May 15, 2006

May 15, 2006

Hi Everyone at Aerogel,

Well it's a beautiful day here at BC. There is a lot of movement on the mountain. The weather forecast which we are getting from the States indicates that between now and possibly the 20th could be good for summitting. Two members of our team our up at ABC ready to make a push, and two more left this morning for a one day push up to ABC, (a 12 mile 4000ft gain). I was asked to join these members and was seriously considering "going" for it, but after much deliberation realized that would be five days on the move with no rest day. Two years ago I tried the same program and on the way to camp two after gaining 10,000ft in five days just ran out of steam. So patience right now I am hoping will pay off. Having spent the last six weeks to get to this point a lot of people from many teams are getting anxious to push for the summit. Yesterday we hear that 16 people from the North summitted.
Anyway today has been great to do laundry and catch up with emails. I am trying to eat as much as possible as up higher it's almost impossible. We have the radio on and listen constantly to the other teams on the mountain and the progress to the summit. From BC we have a perfectly clear view to the top, there is very little wind right now and our thoughts are with those people pushing now.

It looks like we may move up to ABC on the 17th to be in position if the weather cooperates and continues this nice spell.
Will let everyone know as plans change with the weather.

Anne from BC