{"id":30825,"date":"2018-05-20T20:08:06","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T02:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=30825"},"modified":"2018-05-21T18:23:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T00:23:24","slug":"everest-2018-summit-wave-8-winds-picking-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/20\/everest-2018-summit-wave-8-winds-picking-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Everest 2018: Summit Wave 8  &#8211; Winds Picking Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I posted a few hours ago, there are several teams moving to the summit of Everest both on the Tibet and the Nepal sides. Also to Lhotse. Reports are now coming in of strong wind gusts. I asked\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/chris.tomer.5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Tomer<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomerweathersolutions.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tomer Weather Solutions<\/a>\u00a0for his view on what was happening:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Doesn\u2019t look jet related to me so the gusts will pass.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Could be a 3 to 6 hour spike.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Then much lighter into Tuesday.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>My best guess is some spin in the middle of the atmosphere. In more general terms, the best summit window of the season is winding down.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>If the summit door was wide open last week then it\u2019s starting to slowly close.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Monday 21 May &#8211; Summit Wave 8<\/h3>\n<p>These are some of the teams up there right now:<\/p>\n<h3>Nepal<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/everest-south18.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IMG Classic Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asian-trekking.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Asian Trekking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alpineascents.com\/climbs\/mount-everest\/cybercasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alpine Ascents Int.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitclimb.com\/news\/recent\/everest-nepal-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Summit Climb<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/benegasbrothers.com\/n\/it-s-time-again-our-lhotse-summit-push-will-be-underway-in-about-4-more-hours\/2849\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moinz\/Benegas going for Lhotse<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Tibet<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.furtenbachadventures.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Furtenbach Adventures<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Climb On!<br \/>\nAlan<br \/>\nMemories are Everything<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I posted a few hours ago, there are several teams moving to the summit of Everest both on the Tibet and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Winds are picking up on Monday morning, 21 May as teams climb to the summit of #Everest2018 and Lhotse. 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