Both Alpine Ascents Expeditions are active today with one team starting up their second rotation and the other spending some time at camp 3.
Michael Horst, Vern Tejas, and the Arabs With Altitude arrived in Camp 1 in good time after leaving Base Camp this morning at 4am sharp. This marks the beginning of their second rotation up Mt. Everest. They will be moving to Camp 2 tomorrow where they will spend a rest day before pushing their acclimatization to new heights by climbing to Camp 3.
Photo of climbers in the Khumbu Ice Fall
Garrett Madison, Lakpa Rita, Ben Jones, Brian Sheedy and the Alpine Ascents Everest 2013 team are just arriving in Camp 3 after a 5am departure from Advanced Base Camp. Positioned about half way up the Lhotse Face at 23,600 feet (7,200 Meters), Camp 3 sits higher than any mountain outside of Asia! The team will spend a few hours in Camp 3 eating snacks, sipping hot drinks and building their acclimatization. After their extended stay at 3, the team will return to Camp 2 for the night and then descend back to the luxuries of Base Camp tomorrow morning.
Photo of Climbers ascending the Lhotse Face
Joe Kluberton, Base Camp Manager
Photos curtesy of Garrett Madison and Michael Horst
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