September 30, 2013
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- Satellite photo for September 30
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- Camp 3 and the view up towards the Yellow Band (Phunuru Sherpa)
Ang Jangbu reports that yesterday Chewang Lendu, Nima Karma, Mingma Tenzing and Ang Karma made it up to Camp 3 to dig out platforms and get the high camp set up at about 24,500 feet. Then, today, the climbers moved up from Camp 2 to Camp 3, where they are currently resting, brewing, and getting ready for a big day tomorrow! They will also be getting plugged in to their oxygen up at C3, which will help get some decent “rest†up there.
The plan for tomorrow is to start climbing in the wee hours of the morning and try to be on the summit early in the morning. Some high clouds today but the weather seems to be holding and the most recent satellite photo shows that most of the moisture has moved out of the area. We’ll keep our fingers crossed!
Eric Simonson