{"id":1221,"date":"2018-05-17T09:17:37","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T09:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2018-05-17T09:44:42","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T09:44:42","slug":"we-depart-tonight-at-3-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/2018\/05\/17\/we-depart-tonight-at-3-am\/","title":{"rendered":"We depart tonight at 3 am"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I swore that I wouldn’t fool with internet here but my cellular texts weren’t getting out and I wanted to keep everyone abreast. We flew in from Namche two days ago and have been readying for our push. Today we double checked our oxygen system, repacked necessary climbing gear and solidified our olans. (We have no real leadership here, no one has heard from our expedition leader in weeks. He is apparently at camp 2, where we head directly from base camp tonight) .Fortunately, we are all self sufficient climbers with very competent Sherpa.<\/p>\n

I have implored our Sirdar, Kaji, to relay daily updates via the summit climb news website. I do have faith in him because you folks deserve to know that things are progressing as expected.<\/p>\n

Your comments are out of this world, thanks to you who have taken time to post, and thanks Myers for the updated weather. Right now, our expected summit day, the 22 isn’t looking great. But that’s a ways off and it will change. Laurel will let you know what she knows.<\/p>\n

I leave you with a photo of an avalanche coming off Nuptse this morning. That’s my tent in the foreground, totally safe, of course. They are a frequent occurrence here on Mt. Everest as Spring and Summer collide.<\/p>\n

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