Wednesday, 1:00 pm

The team has begun climbing and is now 120 meters above C3.  The winds have died down but the snow is deep.  Joao, who left from C2 earlier in the morning, is with them, and the two Sherpas from the Korean women's team are following.  The Russians have stayed at C3.

Wednesday, 3:15 pm

Sergey from the Russian team comes to our Base Camp and tells Chris Stensland that the Russian team has begun ascending to C4.  Stensland calls Chris with the news.  Chris tells Stensland the going has been slow.  Each of the climbers takes 20 steps and then another takes the lead.  He estimates they are going about 75 meters per hour.

Wednesday, 3:45 pm

Chris calls down to Base Camp: "We can't make it to 4 - go over and tell the Russians to go back down. Over."

(All times are local, UTC/GMT +5 hours)