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There were at least 60 summits on Monday morning, May 16th from thesouth side. And at least 6 on the north. Thewinds did pick up late Monday bringing a stop to this brief window.After a false start on Saturday night when the winds did notcooperate, Patek Philippe replica watches teams huddled at the South Col, some spending an extra nightwhich is usually avoided. But Sunday night, the winds still between 40and 50 mph at the Col, let up enough and they were off. Multiplereports came in of crowds and slow progress especially above theBalcony but no mention of high winds. However, they did comment onextreme cold this year.Most teams are reporting their climbers down to at least camp 2 or Base Camp at this point. With the next window estimated to start soon, teams are alreadyleaving base camps on both sides to be in position for summits on May22nd through the 24th.Being in Base Camp is quite exciting during a summit night andmorning.

Many of the Sherpas and climbers monitor radios of the Zenith replica watches otherteams. Then you hear one word over the crackling radio, usually from aSherpa, who draws out the word for at least 10 seconds Summittttttt!The kitchen staff begins banging pots together and word spreadsthroughout the 1,000 person community and ends a while later withsmiles, hugs, handshakes and back slaps. Everyone is happy regardlessof who made the summit.As the weekend summiters return to base camp on the south, moredetails are coming in of summits. Of note on climbers many people were following, these summited: Carina R?ih?

Ittook them 14 hours from Camp 2 to the summit. Apparently he was thefirst Westerner to summit from the North. I dont have the details buthe said I was the first. Our connection was not the best.He climbed with Sherpas, Lhakpa Gelu and swiss replica watches Lhopsang and the large ropefixing team. His climbing partners, Bill Fischer and 70 year-oldJapanese Hoshino Kohei both had left the expedition earlier with minorhealth issues.To add an international flavor to my coverage, I want to highlightclimbers from countries who do not usually receive a lot of westernmedia coverage:- The Indian team of Mountaineering Association of Krishnagar (MAK)reported in with some interesting news about the weather on thedescent.