Tent Living

Hey Everyone,

This is Amy, Chris's sister again.  I heard from Chris this morning.  They are waiting one more day for a summit due to high winds (25 mph) and crowds.   Winds at 25mph can really zap energy and put you at risk for frost bite, so they are going to hang out in their tents and attempt a summit early on Saturday morning (May 26th).  Another factor is that there are about 140 people up at camp 4 (south col) and about 100 are attempting tonight.   Hopefully tomorrow will be a bit less crowded.

Please send safe thoughts his way and I will post when I hear from him again, which may not be until Monday the 28th.

be well,
Amy

Camp 4

Hi Everyone,

This is Amy, Chris's sister again.  I heard from Chris this morning and he sounded really good.   They are on their way to Camp 4 which is also known as south col.  The plan is to summit in the early morning of Friday May 25th.   He said that the weather window looked good so please keep your good thoughts coming for more good weather!  He said that there are only 70 people trying to summit this time, so hopefully that will help with some of the traffic issues you may have read about earlier this week when over 200 people were attempting a summit.    

Please send safe thoughts to all who are attempting and I will post when I hear more.  It could be a couple days, so not to worry if you don't hear anything in the next couple days.

Be well,
Amy

On their way to camp 3

Hello Everyone,

This is Amy, Chris's sister with a quick update.   He called today from camp 2 and was on his way to Camp 3.   The goal is to depart for the summit around 9pm on May 24th and to summit by 7am on May 25th.   He sounded good!   Send him and everyone else safe thoughts!

Be well,
Amy

Summit Plan

We are heading on up the mountain. We are trying to take advantage of the summit window from the 24 th to the 27th. The winds are predicted to be low and a balmy temp of -22.

We will leave Base camp tonight and ascend to C2. We will take a rest day there and then move up to camp 3 early, then onto South Col(24th) the next morning. We will rest and hydrate at the south col until approx 7-9 pm then leave for the summit to try and watch the sunrise as we ascend to the summit.

After summiting we will descend to the South Col rest and the next morning descend to C2. we will clean the mountain of our equipment on the way down. We will rest at C2 and then leave early in the morning for BC. If all goes according to plan we should be back in Base camp on the 27th or 28th. Which is when you will hear from me. Although i will call my family from the camps after safely descending.

Please keep us in your thoughts

Climb hard, Climb High, Come Home,

Chris Klinke
Everest BC