{"id":22831,"date":"2016-05-18T15:11:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T21:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=22831"},"modified":"2016-05-19T16:28:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T22:28:51","slug":"everestlhotse-2016-summit-wave-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/18\/everestlhotse-2016-summit-wave-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Everest\/Lhotse 2016: Summit Wave Underway &#8211; Update 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A constant stream of Everest aspirants are steadily making their way from the South Col to the South Summit,   over the Hillary Step and to the summit as I write this around 3:00 am Nepal time Thursday 19 May 2016.<\/p>\n<p>It is estimated that about 200 people evenly split between foreigners and Sherpas\u00a0left the South Col between 7:00 pm and midnight in calm\u00a0winds and clear skies after enduring a windy night at the Col.<\/p>\n<h3>PARTIAL Summit Updates<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>202\u00a0summits &#8211; 120 Sherpa\/82 foreigner on 19 May reported in good but a bit windy conditions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>See location table for latest<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Died from fall: Ang Furba Sherpa, fixing ropes for Lhotse. Worked for Arun<\/li>\n<li>Adventure Consultants:\u00a0reports all of their\u00a0team\u00a05 team members, 3 guides and 13 Sherpa<br \/>\nincluding Colin O&#8217;Brady<\/li>\n<li>Madison Mountaineering: 12 foreigners\/15 Sherpas<\/li>\n<li>Chinese with Seven Summtis Treks: \u00a07 foreigners\/ 3 or more Sherpas<\/li>\n<li>Ascent Himalaya:\u00a01 foreigner\/2 Sherpas &#8211; they reported standing in lines<\/li>\n<li>Altitude Junkies: at least 3 foreigners\/6 Sherpas<\/li>\n<li>High Adventure Expeditions: 1 Sherpa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More updates as available<\/p>\n<p>IMG moving to South Col in stages. No clear word on Indian Army. UAE Army summited, no word on how many. Teams from\u00a0Tibet side moving higher but no summits.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure how to number\u00a0this wave as we have\u00a0had six nights of summits so I think I&#8217;ll drop the system.<\/p>\n<p>A few progress reports are coming in. The teams left the South Col on 18 May and are expected to summit\u00a0the morning of 19 May:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adventure Consultants left at 22:12 \u00a0and at at the Balcony around 02:00<\/li>\n<li>Alpine Ascents International left at 21:30<\/li>\n<li>Robert Kay, Laura Meadly Darlington with Altitude Junkies\u00a0left at 20:00 now\u00a0past\u00a0the Balcony at 02:15<\/li>\n<li>Madison Mountaineering left the Col in 2 team 19:00 and 21:00<\/li>\n<li>High Adventure Expeditions left Col around 19:00<\/li>\n<li>Colin O&#8217;Brady with Adventure Consultants left the Col at 23:00 and is on the SE Ridge near 28,000&#8242;<\/li>\n<li>360 Expeditions &amp; Tim Mosedale are reportedly climbing together and have left the Col<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>IMG and others are moving up from Camp 2 to get in position for summit pushes.<\/p>\n<p>On the North:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alex Abramov, 7 Summits Club: &#8220;We pertly went to the camp at an altitude of 7700 meters&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Mountain Experience is at C2, 7700M<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More updates as the teams summit.<\/p>\n<p>Climb On!<\/p>\n<p>Alan<\/p>\n<p>Memories are Everything<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A constant stream of Everest aspirants are steadily making their way from the South Col to the South Summit, over the Hillary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"With low winds and clear skies, climbers are making excellent progress towards the summit of Mt. 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