Everest 2019: Summit Wave 3 Recap, Wave 4 Underway 250 Expected

Looks like the winds have finally dropped. Teams for both the Nepal and Tibet sides report calm conditions and summit pushes underway.

Wave 3 Recap: Summits!!!

There were many summits Tuesday morning May 21. I know of these:

Dawa Steven Sherpa and the Asian Trekking team made the top Tuesday morning:

The Eco Everest Expedition 2019 team along with our Mananging Director, Dawa Steven Sherpa and the climbing sherpa for the successful summit on Mt. Everest this morning and we wish them all a safe return

Expedition Members
Anita Devi – Indian
Samer Akkad – Syrian
Nicholas Simon Hollis – British
Aliki Anastasopoulou – Greek
Huadong Yan – Chinese
Tang Qun – Chinese

And 65 Degrees North, a team that seeks to help in the rehabilitation of wounded or damaged ex-service men and women by offering the opportunity to participate in challenging adventure, made the top Tuesday morning:

Team EVEREST 2019: Top of the World!!

The team are standing on top of the highest mountain in the World! Pushing themselves, mentally and physically, to the absolute limit was all worth it when Brendan, Scott, Joe and Tom all reached the summit of Mt Everest! For reasons of safety, Rich turned round just below the summit, a decision that would have been tough to make, but absolutely the right decision to make. Having battled fatigue, extreme temperatures, lack of oxygen and at times, their own patience, they can all be extremely proud of their achievements. The team will now start their immediate descent back to safety and photos from the summit will follow soon!!!

And without details on who he was with, Kami Rita Sherpa is reported to have summited for the second time this season for a record 24th time.

Next Wave: 250++ from Nepal Side

Jagged Globe is underway expecting to summit Wednesday morning May 22:

The Everest team are about to leave the South Col at 1930 local time. David expects it to be a long summit day (his InReach most likely won’t have enough battery for the entire climb). Teams have been leaving the South Col every hour since 1500hrs. There could be as many as 250 people going for the summit tonight.

Those were who were planning to move to Camp 3 or to the South Col today for a Wednesday, May 22 summit include:

• Adventure Consultants
• Asian Trekking
• Climbing the Seven Summits (at South Col)
• Dreamers Destination
• Friends of the Himalaya
• Jagged Globe (at South Col)
• Madison Mountaineering
• Mountain Professionals
• Pioneer Adventures
• Summit Climb
• IMG

Tibet – No Winds!

The rope team is at 27,000-feet/8230-meters along with the Alpenglow Team leading the push to the summit in good weather.

Adrian Ballinger, Alpenglow,  gave me this update on his late Tuesday night:

First wave alpenglow summit push tonight with Tibetan rope fixers!!!!!! Groups moving from c2 and c3. Not a drop of wind at 8300m since 1pm! Fingers crossed! Rope fixers fixed to second step today in great conditions, returned to 8300 at 4pm. Will fix to summit early tomorrow if winds remain low

Furtenbach Adventures are making progress:

Flash team reached Camp2 at around 7.800m today and is heading for Camp 3 (8.300m) tomorrow! Classic team one day behind now at North Col (7.000) and aiming for Camp 2 tomorrow! Weather is fine, everyone in the team healthy and very motivated to finally conquer that mountain after this waiting game!

Many teams are moving up from ABC to the North Col and higher.  They include:

• Chinese Team
• 360 Expeditions7 Summits Treks
• Alpenglow
• Adventure Peaks
• Furtenbach
• Kobler
• Summit Climb

I do my best to track the teams I can during the summit push but don’t have direct communication with any of them or know the status of any individual. You can see what I am seeing on the tracker table.

Climb On!
Alan
Memories are Everything!