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  1. Beckey is now contouring upwards, ascending the obvious vertical path, attaining his last summit.

     

    Thanks for all the written guidance, while sometimes a bit cryptic, and inspiration to follow in your foot steps.

     

    Rest in peace.

  2. Did the east ridge direct 2 weeks ago. Snow gulley was hard in the AM, bring crampons. Route was in great shape, streams were easy to cross. My guess is any snow from the last storm is gone with current freezing levels. Feel free to clip my stuck #.3 on the 5.8 section. Watch out for small loose pyramid shaped finger crimp block next to the stuck cam. We both thought of trundling it, but didn't know if anyone was below on the east ledges.

     

    Descent: Do five 80' to 100' raps from a slung block 15' south of summit. Go all the way to then end of your ropes for the 4th rap anchor; look around you'll see it. End of 5th rap; work across staying not high or low. After 45 minutes or so, aim for tower where your gear is.

     

    Good Luck, beautiful climb!

  3. “I can’t help but feel that I have let everyone down,” wrote Kent Stewart, an American climber, in a blog post. “If I don’t ever make it to the top of Everest, I’m afraid there will always be a hole in my life, and frankly, that worries me.”

     

    First world problems in a third world country. Stewart doesn't seem bothered by the hole left in the families of the dead sherpas.

     

     

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