Mt. Everest 2005: National University of Singapore 2005 Everest Expedition and The Singapore Premier Taxi Everest Expedition without oxygen

Update: Group 2 members, Stefen and Yen Kai, left this morning for Camp 2 with expedition leaders Robert and Edwin. Their target summit date was (at that time) May 31, as group 1 members Lndley and Ernest had decided to summit the day before.

They arrived at about 1pm, in good time and good spirits.

A team of Sherpas from several expeditions had assembled at Camp 2 to prepare to fix the ropes to the summit.

During a meeting in the afternoon, it transpired that they may be fixing the ropes only on May 30. That put paid to Group 1's summit plan. A decision was then made that they would wait and postpone their summit date to May 31, which meant moving Group 2's date to June 1.

Frustrated as everyone was, it is important to remember not to let impatience affect the team's judgment. The weather forecasts have been predicting better weather for early June.

Khong Lean decided to get some exercise and trekked to the bottom of Lhotse Face. There, he encountered strong winds, and some climbers who had hoped to summit early, turning back from Camp 3 to Camp 2.

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