I received another brief satellite phone call from Adrian last night. They reached Island Peak Base Camp (4,970m) yesterday afternoon, although they are all "absolutely shattered". For this reason they will not be doing a summit attempt today (Thursday), and instead will have a rest day to acclimatise further. They will hopefully be ready to go first thing Friday morning (2am).
Of course, they are all very cold...! Not surprisingly.
Yesterday evening, I found a website detailing Nepal 6-day weather forecasts for Island Peak (Imja Tse), and at that time it appeared that they were picking the best day for a summit attempt on Friday - clear and low wind. Adrian was quite happy to receive an up-to-date weather forecast over the phone. And I was thrilled to help from so far away!
When checking this morning (choosing the 6183m forecast), I notice there is 1cm of show expected to fall on Friday afternoon, but still low wind. Friday and Saturday still seem to be the best days for the ascent.
The site is: http://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Imja-Tse/forecasts/6183
Cheers, Heather :-)
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