Camp 2

Hello Everyone,   

This is Amy, Chris's sister.  I just heard from Chris and he and his team made it safely through the Khumbu Ice Falls and they are up at Camp 2.   They are taking a rest day and then will head up to Camp 3.  The hope is to summit on May 22nd, which is May 21st in the US.  

keep the safe thoughts coming!!  

Amy

Summit Push is on

The waiting is over, the utterances have ceased, we are getting ready to head up for our summit bid tonight. The team will leave BC at about 2:30 am to head up to C2 to avoid the heat in the Western CWM. Last trip through the CWM had temperatures of around 95F. It simply melts a person. We will arrive in C2 and rest that day and the following, then move to C3 on the 20th of May. Assuming everyone in the team is doing well we leave C3 for C4 on the 21st and make our attempt on Everest on 22nd of May. Again, assumptions come into play. The four major factors we will be looking at are Weather (No significant change in the forecast),  Member's physical condition, and Sherpa physical condition, and the number of teams heading to the summit. If all those variables are in alignment we will depart C4 on the 21st at approx 9:30 pm and start heading up to the summit. If not we might hold at C2 or even C4. 

Chris Klinke

Everest Base Camp

Waiting Update

The terms and utterances continue to be the same. It is definitely getting a little boring in Base Camp. We have been watching movies every night, making cookies(No bake), and perfecting our latte' making skills. I know the summit window will be sometime between May 19 and May 25 but beyond that nothing concrete as we wait for the weather patterns to stabilize. 

Chris Klinke

Everest BC

For my Sister