11:21 am EST: Chris Warner called today via satellite phone. It seems that Base Camp is having telecom trouble and unable to get an email out. Joel called tech support, but they were unable to dispatch a technician, citing prohibitive travel costs. Good help is hard to find these days.

The Team is safely at Camp 3 after fighting through nasty conditions all day. They left Camp 2 in deteriorating weather, climbing in a steady 20 mph wind, gusting 40 to 60 mph. Temperatures stayed ten to twenty degrees below freezing, without the wind chill. Chris reported that the lower two-thirds of the route were completely scoured of snow by the wind; the Team found themselves climbing on hard pack. While leading the upper third, Bruce Normand forced his way through waist deep snow. During the climb, the three constantly found themselves fighting to stay warm and keep their hands, feet and faces from getting frostbitten. 

Weather tomorrow is forecasted to be improving with winds in the 10-20 mph range. Chris, Don and Bruce plan on moving up to establish Camp 4. 

The Shared Summits Team is currently the highest on the mountain and will be in the best position to take advantage of the forecasted summit weather window on Thursday. Weather on their planned summit day is projected as having wind speeds from 0-10 mph and temperatures hovering around zero Fahrenheit with no humidity.

Chris reported that they may have been one of only two teams to move up today. One of the Korean Teams may have moved from Camp 1 to Camp 2. Most Teams on the Abruzzi hunkered down where they were. 

Currently, Chris estimates the other teams' locations as follows:

• Half of the Russian Team is at Camp 2
• The second half of the Russian Team is at Camp 1
• Joao Garcia, from Portugal, is at Camp 2
• The Korean Men's Team is at Camp 1
• The Korean Women's Team Sherpas are at Camp 2
• The Italian Team is at Camp 1

Follow our Team's progress on the home page via the K2 aerial image. A full dispatch will be posted shortly. Check back soon.