Guide:
Tad McCrea
Climbers:
Jennifer Jolliffe
Shelby Clippard
Michael Abel
From AAI lead guide Tad McCrea:
The team fought through some pretty gnarly winds last night clocking in at at least 80mph out of the west that lasted till the early morning. We had a couple guy lines bust but the explosive electrical storm to the east coupled with the nearly full moon allowed us to mend the lines sans headlamps. We broke camp during a lull in the wind and powered up into the headwind to Guanacos Camp 3 (at roughly 18000ft). We took the afternoon to rest. It seems like the weather is setting up for us in a couple days, as soon as the winds die down a bit.