Just to let everyone know both Monty and Val have made it to Everest Base Camp. The following dispatch was posted yesterday (April 9th) to the IMG website:
IMG Leader Mark Tucker reports that all is well at Base Camp, and that the entire team is now there. The members had their puja today and after that, the EBC Trekkers started back down the valley, planning on taking four days to hike to Lukla. The Icefall sherpas have been making good progress and we expect the Icefall route to be finished in the next few days. The team members are spending the next couple days making preparations to begin climbing. This is a great chance for everyone to do some further acclimatization, before starting to climb the Icefall on the first C1/C2 acclimatization rotations. We'll keep you posted!
Not much else is known besides that. Communication with the outside world is heavily restricted and requires approval from the authorities. It appears that the final South Side restriction is no climbing above Camp 2 before May 10th or whenever the Chinese make it to the top with the Olympic torch. For more information on South Side restrictions checkout the following article:
http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web08s/newswire-everest-follow-up
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