Waiting 15/9/6

At present we are experiencing unusually warm weather and deep soft snow. This is delaying further progress at this stage. So far it has delayed our climb by two days.
We are hoping for the sun to melt away the soft snow so that the constant passing of people will form a track.

It was our first really cold evening yesterday, so as the temperature drops the snow should firm up and be easier to travel on.

Tomorrow we hope to leave ABC, climb to Camp 1 at 6400m and stay the night. The next day we will leave at 5.00am and climb in the shadows when the snow is still firm, up to camp 2 at 7000m, erect our tent and leave gear for later, then back down to camp 1 or hopefully ABC.

Thanks for following our climb.

Blair (via Roger)