Image: Ron and Nigel resting at camp II Ron and Nigel resting at camp II
Image: High winds on the South faceof Everest High winds on the South faceof Everest

27-05
26 May, 05 - 20:58    Alt: 6400m
Today is our second day resting at Camp II - waiting for the winds to die down. It is difficult to rest here as we are at about 6,500m. When the sun is out it is warm but otherwise it is very cold. The winds are very high over the south face of Everest today.

Current plans are to move to camp III tomorrow (Saturday 28th) and then to camp IV - South Col - on Sunday. We would then rest on oxygen for a day and then set off about 10pm on the 30th for a summit attempt on the 31st.

All this depends on how the weather progresses.

I will not be able to transmit photos for the next few days whilst at the higher camps but will be able to phone in messages.

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26-05    25 May, 05 - 20:30
We came up the icefall yesterday for the final time. The icefall has changed considerably in the past two months and the ladders over the crevasses change constantly. One of the team dropped out in th

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24-05    24 May, 05 - 02:42
Yesterday we had a long meeting about the weather and we have decided to go up to camp II tomorrow (Wednesday 25th May). We will probably have one or two rest days at camp II before we try to progress

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22-05    22 May, 05 - 03:23
We are still waiting at base camp for a favourable weather window (Sunday 22nd May). This year is a very unusual year for weather as the gathering monsoon has not pushed the jet stream away from the s