We hope you are all enjoying a great weekend.

Updates for May 4th: The teams are doing really well on their acclimatization rotations and are to be commended for their strength.

Today we welcomed back to Base Camp Sam & Emma S, Michael K, Robert A, Eva S, Adam S (and our Camp 3 climber Doug C who all successfully tagged Camp 3 – Congratulations!) to complete their second rotations.  Also coming back to Base after successful first rotations Varun R with Guide Thunang. They will now enjoy a well deserved rest.

Up at Camp 2 our Western Guided Team are enjoying a good rest with half of the team hitting Camp 3 today, along with private climber John W with Guide Don. The other half of the Western Guided team elected for a rest day at Camp 2. They’ll tackle the Lhotse Face tomorrow before reconvening as a broader team and dropping back down to Base completing their second rotation. Jocelyn C & Terry S, Andrea G & Kevin S also took an active rest day hiking to the Base of the Lhotse Face. Tomorrow they will look to tag Camp 3.

The Bouka team had a nice sunny, warm rest day at Camp 2. They’ll be looking at tagging Camp 3 tomorrow as well.

Our Speed Ascent climber Alyssa moved strongly from Camp 1 to Camp 2 along with Lhotse climber Ardavan.

We will be in a nice early position with lots of time ahead of us in the season to take our pick of weather windows. The team are doing great.

Crossing the CWM
Ladder section in the icefall
Fresh dusting at Camp 1
Michael K topping out of the icefall
CTSS Camp 1 -2025