Team Everest 2013 is now safely back down at Basecamp after a very successful second rotation. The weather was pretty good on this rotation. We had some windy conditions at Camp 1 and on our move to Camp 2, and then calm, great conditions on our rest day at Camp 2 and on our climb up the Lhotse face to Camp 3. Everyone did a great job on the Lhotse face and some broke some altitude records getting above Camp 2 and up to Camp 3. We left early this morning to get through the khumbu icefall and back to basecamp in time to take showers before an awesome pizza lunch. Tomorrow we will begin our "dropback" to rest and recuperate before beginning our summit bid in about a week. We are doing great and are healthy and looking forward to beginning our summit bid!
Thanks for following along!
Garrett Madison, and Ben Jones
Team Photo at Camp 2, down suit fashion show. Back Row: Garrett Madison, Ben Jones, Scott DeRue, Martin Grieder, Woody Bailey, Michael Grigsby, JP Bailey, Brien Sheedy
Front Row: Sioghan McFeeney, Gosia Borchardt, Adriann Wessels, John Lowry, Bernardo Gonzalez
Oxygen at camp 2
Ben Jones crossing a ladder in the Khumbu icefall. Western Cwm in background and Lhotse ridge in far back.
Adriaan Wessels crossing the "deep one", while Martin Grieder holds tension on the rope. (Heading down to basecamp today)
Photo: Ben Jones
Brien,
ReplyDeleteEveryone here in Ecuador closely following your climb. Good luck to you and the team. We miss playing cribbage with you!
Jeff