Paul Adler reports "... We have nine people stuck up at camp 1, but they are doing fine. Scott Wollums and Project HImalaya is stuck in Lukla. Already one of the last teams to go for BC on the south the comments "... Down in Lukla now waiting for flights out. The weather is absolutely terrible. Yesterday morning we woke to 6 inches or more of snow in Namche. And Jagged GLobe gave these details "... One other American team, the Polish crew, and two Korean teams round out the count up there at C1 at the moment and after a last ditch effort by Jagged Globe and the Polish team to dig up ropes again this past hour, they’ve again called off efforts and turned back to camp 1 for a third night. "

Even the British Army has retreated as they climb the West Ridge "...After the climbers made good progress over the weekend towards the location where Camp 3 will be set up, the weather has closed in again. A night and day of heavy snowfall, with no prospect of improvement at least until tomorrow, has forced the Team to retreat to Tilman's Camp for yet another period of waiting."

Meanwhile, Thomas Olsson - SKi Everest 2006 - took advantage of the time to do some, well, skiing! They visited nearby Shuguang Feng, 6622m, and "... Then came the hellish descent. If you have any idea of the term kinetic energy, you will have no problem understanding the nature of our concerns, negotiating our way through the scree-slope."