Dispatch 51: IMG Group Ready to Depart South Col for Summit

Eric simonson, director of IMG, sent this update at 10 a.m. PDT: Jangbu and Mark Tucker report that Paul, Fiona, Dennis, and Dave climbing with Dasona, Mingma Ongle, Phinjo, and Danuru are at the Col ready to start climbing. Fiona is leaving first, at 9pm, Dennis and Paul are leaving at 10pm, and Dave is leaving at 11pm. Dan, Jim, Tashi T. & Pemba Dorje are at Camp 3, planning to go to Camp 4 tomorrow. The weather is looking reasonable for the next couple days---keep your fingers crossed! The Sherpas have been busy, with a group of them moving to the Col today to support the last two summit attempts. Ang Passang and Tashi D. went to Camp 3 today to start taking down some of the tents and bring empty bottles to 2. Kami P and Mingma Tshering made a round trip to 1 from BC, to start bringing down some of the Camp 1 tents. Other Sherpas are carrying 2 to 1 today to start moving extra gear down to 1 where it will be stockpiled for the final big carrydown this next week---a big job--everything that goes up must come down!