16 May SummitClimb Dispatch: Up to Camp 2

At 2:30am we all set off to ascend the Khumbu Icefall. The night sky is very black, except for the vast shimmering silver Milky Way backlighting the silhouettes of the black and white himalayan peaks all around us. We saw the flickering headtorches of a few other groups around us as we skirted crevasses and traversed serac bands on our way to camp 1. A still night, we heard only the jingling of carabiners on harnesses and light murmuring of Sherpa conversation. The wind picked up in the morning over camp 1. We stopped for soup. Camp 2 is beckoning and we are already acclimated to this altitude, so lets carry on through the flat plains of the Western Cwm. We have made it to C2 in time for afternoon snacks and dinner. The wind has mellowed. Its good 2 be back!

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