CTSS teams are moving forward as a few clouds and some snow have rolled in. This light pulse of clouds and precip is expected to stick around a few days, but isn’t predicted to produce anything significant.

Ruchika and their guide are at C2 looking to tag C3 tomorrow before returning to basecamp.

We’ve got a ton of climbers back in EBC over the last 24 hours descending down from Camps 1 and 2 where they spend their first rotation. These folks will take a few days to rest a recouperate before turning their eye towards a second rotation, the final prep before their summit bid.

We’ve also got the first round of climbers heading up for their second rotation today. Walt and John are at C1 heading up to C2 while Tomi, Clayton, and Pasang head towards C1 tomorrow. Tendi, Passang, Jane, Gabby, Ashish and Pascal are all on deck to head up the following day and our Western guided team under the leadership of Casey Grom are looking to follow a day later.

Those recuperating at basecamp between rotations have had quite the feast waiting for them each evening. CTSS Chefs Jensen and Kumar have outdone themselves yet again with butter chicken, vegetable quiche and green salad, lamb au jus just to name a few – oh, and Japanese night as well!

Cheers,

CTSS Team