http://www.outdoorresearchverticulture.com/2010/05/to-the-south-col/ Get Stoked! Outdoor Research Verticulture Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:18:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.outdoorresearchverticulture.com/2010/05/to-the-south-col/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Weather and Crowds Delay Ascent « Outdoor Research Verticulture Tue, 18 May 2010 16:15:35 +0000 http://www.outdoorresearchverticulture.com/?p=3277#comment-44 [...] I have been back in Base Camp for four days resting. The weather forecast changed for the worse for the eighteenth and nineteenth weather window. The next window begins May 22 and runs through the 25th. I am biding my time getting logistics together for the speed ascent. Jamie with Hanes Brand is letting me use their tent at Camp 3. I am hiring a Sherpa to melt water for me at Camp 3. In addition, the Patagonia Brothers have a backup Sherpa at Camp 4 that can melt some water for me at the South Col. [...] [...] I have been back in Base Camp for four days resting. The weather forecast changed for the worse for the eighteenth and nineteenth weather window. The next window begins May 22 and runs through the 25th. I am biding my time getting logistics together for the speed ascent. Jamie with Hanes Brand is letting me use their tent at Camp 3. I am hiring a Sherpa to melt water for me at Camp 3. In addition, the Patagonia Brothers have a backup Sherpa at Camp 4 that can melt some water for me at the South Col. [...]

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