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We
have been staying at base over the last few days as
bad weather keeps slamming the mountain and forecasts
for more storm and winds keep coming in. We feel its
best not to push hard in conditions that have been
hitting the mountain over the last week. We are
keeping everyone at base camp, including most of the
sherpas, until conditions improve. We have had a
couple good days to move over the last week, but very
few to reach camp 3 which is our next objective. So we
plan to sit tight until the mountain decides its
time.
Just
yesterday there has been at least 3 big collapses in
the icefall so just getting up to Camp 1 and 2 has
been difficult. Lots of changes every day. Several
people got through coming down yesterday in bad
weather, deep snow and past the broken sections. It
will be later today at least when the route is
repaired by the "Icefall Doctors" so traffic
can start back up to and from Camp 2. No one has been
up or down as of 10am this morning. Winds are still
blowing quite hard. Nice to have the sun at least. See
what the weather brings tomorrow.
Everyone
is ready to go up as soon as the weather breaks and
the route is open. Still have a forecast for
continuing bad weather tomorrow so we'll wait and see
what happens.
Scott
Woolums
Adventures International Inc.
 Dispatches
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