{"id":83,"date":"2008-05-11T03:45:52","date_gmt":"2008-05-11T09:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wordpress\/?p=83"},"modified":"2016-05-27T09:28:15","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T15:28:15","slug":"lhotse-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/11\/lhotse-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Lhotse Face"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are in our tents at 23, s<\/a> 350&#8242; on the Lhotse Face listening to the snow gently falling.<\/p>\n<p>We left camp 2 about 6 AM for our important night at Camp 3.<br \/>\nWhat I found amazing from my last climb here were the crowds. I guess there were over 150 climbers today and as a result it was slow going since we all shared the same fixed rope..<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/dispatches\/live\/images\/facecrowd.JPG\"\/><br \/>\nBut the good news was that I arrived at C3 feeling the  ever and in my fastest time ever.<br \/>\nIt was hot early then some clouds moved in cooling things off and the snow started just as we crawled into the tents.<br \/>\nThe Face was just as steep as I remembered,   especially the first 300 feet. According to the Sherpas, the ice is particularly hard and it is difficult to carve flat tent platforms.<br \/>\nWe had a great view of the Geneva Spur and the Yellow Band. We should be climbing those in 10 to 12 days from now.<br \/>\nI am pretty excited to be back up here and feeling good but my thoughts did drift today to my Mom given it is Mother&#8217;s Day.<br \/>\nI was giving a presentation a few days before I left. It was on Alzheimer&#8217;s and Everest. A smalll girl sat quietly in her Father&#8217;s lap through the hour. I noticed her because she seemed to be paying such close attention for a young girl.<br \/>\nwhen it came time for some questions she raised her tiny hand. &#8220;Yes?&#8221; I asked as I called on her.<br \/>\n&#8220;What is your Mother&#8217;s name&#8221; she asked.<br \/>\n&#8220;Ida&#8221; I answered with a smile.<br \/>\nHappy Mother&#8217;s Day, Mom.<br \/>\nAlan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are in our tents at 23, s 350&#8242; on the Lhotse Face listening to the snow gently falling. 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