Over on the north side, teams are now at Camp1 - 21,000' and spending the night. They expect to get higher over the next few days. Ken Staler reports on the weather "...During today’s call the sun was shining and there was “almost no wind” at ABC, but Ken says it is cold.It was 6 degrees F. in my tent earlier this morning."

The MountainLInk team had an interesting posting today - a potential summit bid? "... Today is a rest day, and tomorrow the group will move to Camp 1, then Camp 2 the following day.  We plan to spend 4 or 5 days between Camp 1 and Camp 2, and if the weather is good possibly make an attempt at the summit. " If they pull this off it would be a unique schedule on Everest in that they have not spent nights at Camps 1,2 and 3 and return to basecamp before attempting the summit. While this is not unheard of, it is extremely rare these days.

There are several teams now at Camp 2 on the south side. For an audio dispatch, take a listen to JJ -Jeff Justman on his climb to C1 and some comments on the Sherpas deaths.