Our longtime IMG weather forecaster replica Tag Heuer watches Michael Fagin () forwards us this satellite photo (courtesy of Meteorological Forecasting Division, Government ofNepal).As this storm moves north, we are hoping it will be pushed east by the jet stream, missing the Everestarea!So we are seeing a rush to the top similar to last year, 2009.Regular followers will remember that Himex actually sent their team upa bit before schedule to miss the heavy stuff. Summit night of May 22,2009 was a tough one with stiff winds and snowfall.Dave Hahn commented last year on his summit night as the cyclone brought huge changes to Everest (remember this was 2009, not this year):
We passed the other climbing teams, one by one, as replica IWC watches wewent up the face in the night and just as dawn was beginning to theEast we overtook a final team at 28,000 ft and felt fully in control ofour pace and destiny as we took on the South Summit. As daylight cameon, I knew it was one of the prettiest mornings I’d seen from up high.But I didn’t reach for my camera. The morning was pretty because therewere clouds at many levels and in many directions. I didn’t takepictures for the same reason I wouldn’t if I saw a large tiger comingmy way with fangs barred.It was clear that our good weather window was closing and we neededto move fast and hard if we wanted to squeeze in a summit. We felt thefull force of the winds as we crested the South Summit,
but all werestrong and all nodded their heads when I pointed across swiss replica watches the crazytraverse topping the Kangshung and Southwest Faces and leading to theHillary Step and the summit. We went for it, but even before we’dscrambled up the Hillary Step, clouds had covered the mountaintop.Visibility was poor at 6:45 AM when we stepped up to the summit Mostof us kept our packs on, knowing our stay would be short. It was not aday for photos and flags… just a few handshakes and hugs and we wereout of there. We made quick time back down through the storm to highcamp. Lucky.
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