Our Everest teams are hitting the pause button for a day or so with new snow and high winds turning the mountain a little more back towards winter. Our Western Guided Team decided not to climb to Camp 2 with the recent snowfall, they’re relaxing at Camp 1 waiting for better weather, spirits are high!

The Private Guided and Sherpa Guided Teams are waiting out this brief storm in Basecamp, but these aren’t wasted days! At this point in the expedition, a climber’s body still benefits from simple rest at altitude. Once this round of snow passes they’ll be even stronger for the next round.

Everest isn’t our only game in Nepal!

Let’s catch up with our 3 Peaks team working their way through the Khumbu Valley. Over the last few weeks, they’ve mirrored our Everest teams trekking up the Khumbu Valley to Lobuche. After Lobuche the team headed over to Pokalde, a beautiful peak above the town of Dingboche forming the final dividing ridge between the Lobuche River flowing out of the Khumbu glacier and the Imja Khola river flowing out of the Lhotse Glacier.

The team received over a foot of snow as they descended Pokalde, but will head towards Island Peak soon to check the conditions there. Fingers crossed the route is good and they can get another climb in!

Cheers,

CTSS Team