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Thanks, everyone. Does anyone have experience with either the La Sportiva Batura 2.0 GTX or the new Nepal Cube GTX?

I'm looking for recommendations on a boot close in fit to what I have. I've been using size 46 Scarpa Charmoz with green Superfeet insoles for years and they're fantastic. I have very low volume feet (I tighten laces on running shoes virtually all the way down, for example) and it can be hard to find boots that fit well. The green superfeet help a lot, but I'm hoping someone might have suggestions on narrower, lower-volume ice boots. Any help is appreciated -- thanks.

The second video on this page has a pretty good synopsis of what is happening at base camp and at the camps above the icefall. http://kdvr.com/2015/04/25/colorado-climbers-safe-after-ascending-mount-everest-during-nepal-earthquake/ And this page has more updates: http://www.outsideonline.com/1972696/aftermath-everest

Thanks for the input. You got me thinking. The webpage you linked above includes this picture, which was helpful as a reference: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7fJZk0GXG6o/VMfjhQA8mjI/AAAAAAAAAXg/Ho5XLlGYb9Y/s1600/reid%2Bglacier%2Bheadwall.JPG If these were the same 2 climbers that were ahead of us on the Reid, I remember they took a harder left somewhere around #5 of #6 in that image, while we continued more straight up. The picture I posted of them in OP above looks a lot like the orange line the linked photo. I shot my photo of the two climbers from a location somewhere around #8 or #9. So if they were the same pair of climbers, they did the lower Reid, and then took a hard left into the couloir.

Trip: Mt. Hood - Reid Headwall Date: 1/31/2015 Trip Report: Climbed Reid Headwall with a team of four Saturday morning. Left a crowded Timberline lot at 5:45 and geared up at Illumination saddle at 7:45. Some loose fluff on the traverse, but a nice bridge over the shrund. Generally good hard snow and ice in the steeper parts, though up higher there were some thin icy crust plates that just disintegrated upon contact. Saw a team of 2 ahead of us take a farther left path, and unsure if this was the same team of two we later saw ascending the Leuthold Couloir. Topped out at 11. Descended the old chute. Lots of ice bits coming down. There were a few scary bigger blocks which came down on us. We attributed this to warm temps, and not anyone above us. West side of Illumination Shrund Climbers on Leuthold Gear Notes: Venoms, helmet, pickets if you want them. Approach Notes: Shrund easily crossed via bridge