Resting at Basecamp

Hello Everyone,

Not much to report yesterday and today but the team is doing well here resting at Basecamp, mostly in the warm dining tent out of the rain:-). If the weather cooperates we will plan on heading up to Camp 1 tomorrow after breakfast. We will spend one night and Camp 1 and then move to Camp 2 for two night, climbing to Camp 3 on our “rest and acclimatization day.” If all goes well, that will complete our second and final acclimatization rotations on the mountain before preparing for the final summit push.

The internet has been very slow when working here so sorry for no photos at this time but will continue to try and send some when it is back up and running better.

Thanks for following along. We are having a great time here!

Ben Jones

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