Second Rotation – Completed!
The second rotation is complete and the team has returned to base camp. Here’s Everest guide Terray Sylvester with a recap and the plan for what’s next:
Hello! This is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest and Lhotse expedition. It’s May 5th.
We just returned from Camp 2 (6500m/21,325ft) back to base camp (5310m/17,421ft). We spent three nights on the upper mountain for our second acclimatization rotation. We went directly from base camp up to Camp 2, then took a rest day, and then we went up and touched Camp 3 at just about 7000m on the Lhotse Face. We then spend another night at Camp 2 and came back down here to base camp today. We had fantastic climbing conditions and weather throughout. We managed to avoid most other parties on the route. On the day we went up the Lhotse Face we had absolutely perfect conditions with spectacular views. It felt really good to get up a little bit higher and finish laying the groundwork of our acclimatization for our summit push.
Now we’re back in base camp and we’ll just be resting for that summit attempt. We’re going to do a “drop back” where we head down to lower elevation in Namche Bazaar (3440m/11,290ft) to let our bodies recover from being up at altitude for nearly a month and maximize our strength for the summit push.
We just finished dinner of pork chops and macaroni and cheese and vegetables and cake. Now we are watching “The Bourne Legacy” and we’ll go to bed after that.
All is well and we’ll be in touch!
The team getting comfortable with their down suits before the climb to Camp 3 the following day
Climbing the Lhotse Face
Part of the team in Camp 3
Climber Todd Ammerman with Guide Cacho Beiza in Camp 3
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