Hello Everyone,
We have arrived back down to Basecamp and have completed our second rotation. We spent 3 nights on the mountain, one at Camp 1, and two at Camp 2. We also climbed to Camp 3 getting to a new high point of the trip at 21,900ft and everyone did well.
We are going to be resting at Basecamp and planning our final rotation up the mountain to the summit in the coming days. From the looks of the forecast we might see the sun again in a couple days!
Thanks for following along,
Ben Jones
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