by Michael at 05:42 AM (PDT) on May 14, 2005
Ambrose, Ryan, and myself (Michael) hiked backed up to ABC today (Sat. the14th). About 26km distance and 1200m of elevation gain. Scott had a very minor cold and wanted to take an extra rest day and will come up tomorrow with Al and the rest of Jamie’s group. It is great to see Lhakpa and DaNgimaagain. They managed to get to 8300m again even with the miserable weather we’ve been having. We have enough oxygen, tents, and gear at all the high camps to be ready for a summit attempt. Winds are still blowing pretty hard and as soon we came around the bend and could see ABC the winds hit us. The current forecast doesn’t look very good for the next 5 or 6 days and beyond but we don’t take the forecast that far out too seriously.
If you’re interested in seeing some recent pictures of us Jamie put some on his website that we are in.
Hope everyone is doing well and a belated Happy Birthday to Karin, her birthday was yesterday, Friday the 13th!
Michael