Mt. Everest: Hahn & a Sherpa Team Explore Midway Through the Icefall
This is Dave Hahn with the RMI Everest expedition. Sorry to leave you hanging last night. We didn't get a dispatch out before all the power shut off and all of our forms of communication ended. It has been a stormy week here, so not quite as much solar gain as we would have hoped. Systems all through the valley are running on short time that way. Cell service, internet service, all of that was being affected by the storm. We're doing okay here. We tried to get up the Icefall yesterday morning, the Sherpas and myself, but it was not to be. We, along with perhaps 70 other Sherpas from other teams got turned around where the route has collapsed during the storm, natural movement of the glacier. The route needed some maintenance- some ladders put back in place. So without even getting to the midpoint of the Icefall, we were turned around, brought everything back down. Hoping to go up with conditions improve. Still storming here. Still windy up high, still cloudy. We are down at Base Camp today. I'll try to get a real dispatch out this evening. Bye now.
RMI Guide Dave Hahn
RMI Guide Dave Hahn calls in with an update.
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Comments (2)
KEEP IT SAFE DAVE, KEEP IT SAFE.
Posted by: douglas Hihn on
Wishing the team clear weather and safety through the icefall.
Posted by: Brendon on