December 24, 2018
Ready to climb (Jonathan Schrock)
Jonathan fired off this photo right before the team saddled their backpacks and headed to Camp 1. Everyone is acclimatizing well and they are ready for the move up to about 16,000 feet. They made good time up to camp and are settled in for the night. Up higher at Camp 2 Andy and crew are doing well.  Both teams are planning on doing carries tomorrow; Jonathan will be caching gear at Camp 2 and Andy at Camp 3. There is a little snow flurry predicted in the forecast tonight, so there is hope for a white holiday tomorrow when everyone wakes up, but probably just enough to make things pretty and not be an issue to trudge through.
Luke Reilly