The weather window is holding and our first wave of summit climbers are looking good for a May 12 summit bid!

Our IFMGA Sherpa Guided team climbers April, Ryan, David with Guide Tenji & Private IFMGA climbers and personal sherpa climbers, Michael P, Michael N, Rob, and Steve made good time to Camp 3 and are resting there tonight. Tomorrow this team of climbers will move up to Camp 4 at the South Col preparing for their summit bid starting tomorrow night. It’s game time, the weather looks good, and they’re ready!

Guide Big Tendi with climbers Damian and Mario F had a good climb up to Camp 3 for acclimatization and are back at Camp 2 resting. Their plan is to descend back to Basecamp tomorrow for more rest, recovery, and preparation for their summit rotation.

The rest of the crew is doing well and gaining strength at Everest Basecamp. The ping pong table is a hot commodity, as well as the coffee bar and weather reports. Winds look like they’ll pick up a bit May 14-18 as the jet stream swings over the summit. We’re hoping for a good weather window after the 18th, our basecamp team will be chomping at the bit!

Cheers,

CTSS Team