Hi Everyone,

Hope your week is treating you well. A short one today with our news from up high. (Always a good sign)

We had a nice mini Puja for our Speed Ascent climber Ed who has been pre-acclimatizing in a hypoxico tent at home and just a few days ago arrived into Base Camp having summited Lobuche. He is climbing with Guide Tendi Sherpa who is arguably one of the most sought after Guides in the world and an all-around lovely person. They will head up in the next few days for one long acclimatization rotation and if all goes to plan he should be door-to-door with an Everest summit in his pocket in only a month!

Our IFMGA and Personal Sherpa climbers (being our first wave) is well into their second and final acclimatization rotation and are heading to Camp 2 tonight.

The Western Guided/International Team are enjoying their chill time at BC creating all those red blood cells that will serve them so well in the coming weeks. They did some more technical training today and will head out alongside our Private Teams as a second wave in a few days.

Business as usual from a logistics point of view, there is a constant stream of chatter on the radios, lots of time spent pouring over every detail of the weather reports and endless planning. Exciting times ahead.

Cheers
Caroline

PS I am told that the Argentinian team – Nacho and Tommi made a great meal and are still in the running for Himalayan Masterchef!