September 22, 2010
Mike Hamill reported in yesterday evening:
“We’re pulling the trigger. We just finished breakfast and are headed to C1 in a few minutes. It’s snowing a bit this morning as predicted, but it should be a lot drier for the rest of the week. We’re shooting for the 25th as our summit day. The Sherpas are headed to C2 today (22nd), planning to carry to C3 and fix on the 23rd or 24th, conditions depending. All the fixing gear is at C2 and there is a team of at least 7 Sherpa committed to help with the summit fixing, including Da Nuru and Mingma Tenzing from IMG. Ang Passang has done a great job helping to organize the fixing. All is well here, and the team is healthy.”
Eric Simonson