Sad news from Everest with the third death of the season. A second cyclone is developing in the Bay of Bengal that has the potential to impact Everest around May 25, as Cyclone TC01A aka Tauktae bears down on Nepal but should clear out soon. Teams are leaving C2 for their summit bid now, targeting May 22 for the summit.<\/p>\n
27-year-old Pemba Tashi Sherpa, working for Climbing the Seven Summits apparently fell into a crevasse while descending from C2 to C1 according to this report in The Himalayan Times.<\/a> He had five Everest summits. He was from\u00a0Sirijung Rural Municipality in Sankhuwasabha district. My condolences to his family, friends, and teammates.<\/p>\n Cyclone Tauktae is dumping snow on Everest and there have been reports of tents blown away, however that is unconfirmed. Meteorologist Chris Tomer told me this morning of a second storm:<\/p>\n “… you won\u2019t believe this but we could have a 2nd Cyclone that ruins summit windows after the 27th. I mentioned it to my clients this morning. It could come out of the Bay of Bengal. Something to watch.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Teams are leaving C2 today aiming to summit on May 22. More groups still at base camp are looking at May 27\/28. Of course with all this weather, COVID uncertainty, this season’s end-game will be a nail-biter. See my location table<\/a> for team locations.<\/p>\n I expect these teams to head up now: Climbing the Seven Summits<\/a>\u00a0(partial), IMG<\/a>\u00a0(partial), Madison Mountaineering<\/a>, Mountain Professionals<\/a>, Summit Climb<\/a>, 7 Summits Club<\/a>,\u00a0Pioneer Adventure,.<\/a><\/p>\n And for the last major wave of the season around May 27\/28: Alpine Ascents Int.<\/a>, Altitude Junkies<\/a>, Asian Trekking<\/a>:, Elite Expeditions<\/a>, Mountain Trip<\/a>, Climbalaya<\/a>, Satori Adventures<\/a>, Himalaya Ascent<\/a>, Himalaya Expedition<\/a>.<\/p>\n The use of helicopters is becoming more common on the big peaks. They’ve occasionally been used to ferry climbers between base camps or gear to the base of the Lhotse Face but this year, starting with a resupply mission to the high camp on Annapurna, we now are hearing the Seven Summits Treks used their company-owned helicopter to transport Bahraini prince Sheikh Mohamed Hamad Mohamed Al Khalifa from Camp 2 after his summit.\u00a0Department of Transportation responsible for overseeing climbing in Nepal responded through their spokesperson Mira Acharya that, “Technically, one has to climb down Icefall route after summiting to get credential of successful Everest summit. “The prince was evacuated from camp II as emergency rescue,” source<\/a><\/p>\n The Spanish Embassy in Nepal has called on all Nationals to depart Nepal on a charter scheduled for May 20. This included Carols Sora who has departed Dhaulagiri along with Norwegian Vibeke Sefland. The US flew a charter out earlier this week and has another schedule for the 25th.<\/p>\n Climb On! <\/p>\n You can listen to #everest2021 podcasts<\/strong> on Spotify<\/a>, Apple Podcast<\/a>, Breaker<\/a>, Google Podcasts<\/a>, Pocket Casts<\/a>, RadioPublic<\/a>, Anchor<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, and more. Just search for “alan arnette” on your favorite podcast platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sad news from Everest with the third death of the season. A second cyclone is developing in the Bay of Bengal that has the potential to impact Everest around May 25, as Cyclone TC01A aka Tauktae bears down on Nepal but should clear out soon. 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