New audio update from TA on Everest.

This is the text of TA’s audio message:

Hi this is TA calling in from Everest base camp; it has been a day of anticipation here.  All of our teammates that are still on the climb are now on the South Col, team 2 joined team 1 there, and now they are resting and hydrating and hoping that the wind allows them to make a summit attempt tonight.  So our thoughts, prayers, and good wishes are going with them tonight, and we are all looking skyward at most opportunities to send them good luck and energy because they have a big night ahead of them.  Today I took an expedition into the ice fall with Marian and Nadia so it was fun to watch them negotiate the waves of ice and get some perspective on just how challenging it is to actually go through the ice fall.  For me, reflections, wonderings, moments of sadness, and moments of recognition that I have made a good decision for me at this moment.  I’m wondering how it might go tonight and if there might be another summit attempt window in a week or so.  Its all kind of up in the air at the moment here, we will be monitoring the radio much of the evening and hoping to here news of summits in the morning and then of course news of safe descents after that.  The other thing we did while in the ice fall was place the RJG Construction marker into the ice; they are the earth movers and around here the Khumbu glacier and ice fall definitely move earth, so I thought it was an appropriate location.  I’ve captured that all in photographs and I look forward to passing it on the Robert Giovanni and all the folks at RJG Construction, thanks so much to them for their sponsorship.  I also talked to Deb to thank her for her sponsorship with Applecore Interactive. That’s the scoop from Everest base camp, hope all is well with you, and please send your energy, good thoughts, and best wishes to my teammates up the hill, thanks a lot have a good day.

TA