Dispatch 54: Dave Back at Base After Seventh Summit

Hey GreatOutdoors.com, this is Dave Hahn back down at Base Camp. I got back this morning after about 75 or 80 hours after I left base camp, a whirlwind tour, got up to the top yesterday morning at 4:20, something like that, just before sunlight. I've never seen such good conditions up there for climbing. Being a little bit behind the main push of climbers there was actually a pretty well packed trail, the ropes were good, me and Danuru made really good use of it, and had a great morning for climbing, a little breezy on top since the sun wasn't out, little cold, not the kind of day you'd want to hang around up there but exciting to be there and certainly exciting to have gotten down to Advance Base Camp and be able to get good rest and get good food and lot of water and this morning down very carefully to the icefall I clipped every rope I could and was careful as anything on every single ladder. And its really great to be down at Base Camp, things are very comfortable and I'm very happy and very relieved to be down here. And I'll let you know as things keep going here.