Colin, Dick and Andy woke to clear weather this morning at Camp 2 and headed to the ropes. They dug the ropes out and with the 3 Sherpas started heading up the ropes. They did find, however, that the slope was loaded with snow from yesterday's fall and was extremely avalanche prone. The team and the Sherpas agreed that the objective hazard was too great for them to proceed any further and so once again, disappointedly, they returned to Camp 2. Colin has stated that the slope will need at least a full day of sunshine to consolidate the snow and we are hoping for this tomorrow.

Ben and Val remain at Camp Intermediate, with one book to share between them, but they do intend to move to Camp 2 tomorrow if the conditions are suitable.

The rest of us remain poised at Base Camp ready to be called forward to activate the summit plan. Everything now depends on the weather.

Chris and Stew spent the morning manifesting barrels in preparation for our impending trek out and Stew demonstrated his technical skills by fixing the comms kit.