Wind and weather

First the report on yesterdays summit day. Jacob summitted with Gabriel and Pierre yesterday evening. It was quite windy and cold in the early part of the day, so Sean turned around with the rest of the team. It was a pretty marginal day in the morning due to the high winds, and frostbite can be a real problem in those conditions. Jacob went up with the 2 climbers who were staying warm and feeling good yesterday.

This afternoon Sean went down to Camp 3 at 14,200 ft with Gabriel, Pierre, Alastair, KC, and Alex while Jacob is waiting another day at high camp with Ben and George to see if they can get another shot at the summit. Sean and the crew at Camp 3 will wait there for the rest of the team to descend so they can travel down to base camp together. High camp can be a tough place to hang out for very long, particularly if the weather is bad. They are hoping to get another shot at going for the summit, but this morning it was windy, and snowed for most of the day today.