Jamie's to the summit pix

A panoramic shot of the West Ridge of Everest on the left, Pumori the 'small' shapely mountain (actually 'Daughter Peak')
 and dominating the right side is Changtse, the "north peak of Everest".

By the time the last of the team arrived at our C2 the scene had changed to moody.
With tents dug into snow platforms (a sherpa job) C2 was less uncomfortable than usual.

Jamie with a bedtime snack, a chocolate Clif Shot

17 May to Camp 3, 8220m

Everyone - Micha, Dudu, Brad, Tonya and Sele - plus Jamie and a sherpa team climbed from our 7640m camp to our 8220m camp.

Tonya (right) setting off from Camp 2. The true summit of Everest is not quite visible.
The route that Tomas (who died) and Tormod skied is from the highest snow triangle a bit below edging left under the obvious cliffs onto the snow 'gully' or minor ramp that runs diagonally down into the real couloir. The step (an inch diagonally from Tonya's roll mat) is the last of the difficult obstacles on their way down. From higher up the route they skied is SERIOUSLY steep. It really was a real mountaineering feat, but one that unfortunately went horribly, sadly wrong. I watched them during the day, knowing they were making history, but cloud often obscured the view so I didn't see Tomas fall.

Our team and a couple of other at around 8000m heading up.
The last tents for C2 are at around 7900m and then the trail leaves the ridge and begins crossing steeper terrain.
Most climbers are using oxygen here, although not sherpas.