Firat Eren

From a series of dispatches from the Alpine Ascents 2007 Everest Expedition team.

Namaste once again. This is Dave calling in from Camp 2. The big march continues on. We’re planning on moving up to Camp 3 tomorrow. We looked at the weather forecast this afternoon and we’ve made the decision to start our final push. Today it’s been snowing on and off, it looks like the monsoon has begun its march and is moving closer and closer to us. We had very wet snow here at Camp 2 today and almost rain at Base Camp, which on the up side is going to make for some warmer weather for summit day (we hope). It looks like our winds should be tolerable on the 22nd, which at this point looks like the day we will be hoping for a summit, although these things may change in the next three days as we move up.

The team is doing great here. We’re enjoying a little bit of clouds and sun. The sun is dipping behind the Western Shoulder of Everest. Everybody’s in good spirits and is excited about moving up. There has been a bunch of summits in the last few days. The weather has been spectacular with just a little precipitation in the afternoon. Looks like on our summit day we should have perhaps a little bit more wind than there has been in the last couple days. We’re keeping our fingers crossed up here. We will keep you posted on our progress.

Dave Morton at Camp 2