28th April

What a fantastic few days the team have had up high and with some snow on the way, these perfectly timed rotations come to a close and the team will retreat to Base Camp (on the 29th April) to wait out the next window and take a well deserved rest and some reconnection with loved ones via wifi!

As a run down on where everyone is;

Today, Rob Gowler & Guide Kami Temba dropped from Camp 1 back to Base Camp

At Camp 2, up and having breakfast at 4:30am, descending by 5:30am on 29th we have:
– Our Western Guided Team Climbers
– Ludivine & Damian and their respective personal sherpa
– Guide Pasang & Roberto
– Guide Vinay & Zukey
– Guide Kami & Matt
– Guide Dorjee & Ott
– Guide Ashish & Kevin
– Guide Naren & Taylor
– Guide Tomi & Tom L

They will descend along with 20x of our Sherpa team all the way back to Base Camp.

The team at Base Camp include:
– Olivier & Guide Casey who took an active recovery climb to Pumori Camp 1 (A great spot just behind camp that affords sensational views of Everest) joining them were:
– Guide Pasang & Jen W
– Guide Sujan and Rohan
– Guide Pega & Rajat
– Guide Prakash & Lisa

Kirstie E & Guide Anup spent some time in the lower Khumbu icefall, doing a bit of training and going for and our Seattle speed ascenders took a full rest day.

Lower down valley, we have Julie, Sam C & Tracy resting up and returning to the action shortly.

It’s great to see everyone doing so well and weaving their acclimatization perfectly into the weather windows. As we near May, all eyes will turn to the longer range forecasts and you can expect to see our teams positioning themselves for their second rotation and even some for their summit bids.

Cheers
CTSS Team