There’s plenty to celebrate at 5,300m (and any excuse is a good excuse to get together with friends) – the ropes are fixed, the summit route is now open and CTSS’s Mark Wilkins along with Big Tendi and Tenji stood on top of the world yesterday. Further, it looks like there’s a good summit window on the horizon so did we need any more reasons to throw a big party? Nope, so that’s exactly what we did.

The ‘Big House Bash’ was all about bringing together the wider Everest community with good food, G&Ts and even a bit of Sherpa dancing as a way of staying connected. (I think we had about 80 or more people join us)

As PS Sim from Singapore recounted “Mike threw a great party for our crew and the community in our big CTSS dome. Climbing legends galore – from international renowned guides to superlative local sirdars, and rock star Sherpas. I’m sure the combined number of Everest summits and Adventure Grand Slam circuits (7summits and two Poles) in the tent was off the charts! Lots of laughter & connections, Sherpa singing and dancing, plus booze and food. Great morale booster for the day!”

Thanks to everyone who made the effort to come up to our Camp.

To finish, a quick update from the hill – Mark & Tendi are just above Camp 3 making their way down to Camp 2 today where they will rest and come back to Base Camp tomorrow – Might have to have another party to celebrate!

Cheers
Caroline