Picture: ‘Climbing from base camp to camp 1′ (c) Albert Bosch

Albert Bosch and the Epopeya Everest Sin Limits team (Colombia) climbed yesterday from Base Camp to Camp 1. Today they will climb to Camp 2 and than return to Camp 1 to sleep. This is to aclimatise to the altitude. The altitude difference between the two camps is about 500 meters, roughly from 6100 to 6600mr.

Everest Forecast 17 april

Levels
Base camp: 5,360mr  17,858ft
Camp 1   : 6,100mr  20,000ft
Camp 2   : 6,600mr  21,500ft
Camp 3   : 7,200mr  23,600ft
Camp 4   : 7,800mr  26,000ft
Summit   : 8,848mr  29,029ft 

Wind forecast
day 1: 18 april
BC: SW 10kt becoming W 15kt
C1: WSW 10kt becoming W 20kt
C2: W 10kt becoming W 20kt
C3: WNW 10kt becoming W 20kt
C4: WNW 15kt becoming NW 20-25kt
S!: WNW 20kt becoming WNW 25kt

day 2: 19 april
BC: WSW 10kt becoming W 10-15kt
C1: WNW 5-10kt becoming WNW 10-15kt
C2: W 10kt becoming W 20kt
C3: WNW 10-15kt becoming W 20-25kt
C4: WNW 15kt becoming WNW 20-25kt
S!: WNW 20-25kt becoming WNW 25-30kt

day 3: 20 april
BC: SW 10-15kt
C1: W 10-15kt becoming W 20kt
C2: W 15kt becoming W 20kt
C3: W 15-20kt becoming W 25kt
C4: W 25kt becoming W 30kt
S!: W 25-30kt becoming W 30kt

day 4: 21 april
BC: SW 10kt becoming W 10-15kt
C1: WSW 10-15kt becoming W 15kt
C2: W 15kt
C3: W 15kt becoming 15-20kt
C4: W 15-20kt
S!: W 25-30kt

day 5: 22 april
BC: WSW 10-15kt
C1: WSW 15kt
C2: WSW 15kt
C3: W 15kt
C4: W 15-20kt
S!: W 20-25kt

day 6: 23 april
BC: SW 10-15kt
C1: SW 15-20kt
C2: WSW 20kt
C3: WSW 20kt
C4: WSW 25-30kt
S!: WSW 25-30kt

day 7: 24 april
BC: SW 15kt
C1: SW 15kt
C2: SW 15kt
C3: WSW 15kt
C4: WSW 20-25kt
S!: W 30kt
Air temperatures over the next seven days
BC: -3°C becoming -5°C
C1: -7°C becoming -10°C
C2: -9°C becoming -13°C
C3: -12°C becoming -16°C
C4: -17°C becoming -21°C
S!: -27°C becoming -30°C

General weather conditions
day 1: 18 april: sunny and clear, becoming very cloudy between BC and 6-6500mr with probably a few snow showers.
day 2: 19 april: sunny and clear, becoming overcast between BC and 7-7500mr with snow showers and snow.
day 3: 20 april: sunny and clear, formation of some Cumulus up to 6000m, prob of a slight snow shower
day 4: 21 april: similar
day 5: 22 april: sunny and clear, a few clouds, no showers
day 6: 23 april: similar
day 7: 24 april: similar

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