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<\/a>So, > the waiting game begins – could be hours; could be days.<\/p>\nIn the meantime here are a couple of pictures from the last few days.<\/p>\n
Climb On!
\nAlan
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As I previously wrote, we knew a change was ahead for the weather and it arrived last night.<\/p>\n
The good news is the temperature warmed to above zero but it came as a result of clouds and winds. <\/p>\n
So we are taking another day at Low Camp. The other two t…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,115],"tags":[438,441],"class_list":["post-4171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-7-summit","category-vinson-2010","tag-7-summits","tag-vinson-2010"],"yoast_head":"\n
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