Made it to the North Col!!!!

Here is the newest update from Adventure Peaks. It is great news that the team sounds strong and that Max seems to be climbing well, best to all, Walid

23rd April Hi Folks, We've had a successful few days up at ABC despite the weather, it's not been the best, very cold winds and a couple of stormy nights. On the rest day most people walked to either crampon corner or the headwall.21st April saw Matt Dickinson, Jon, Josh & Simon reach the top of the North Col.Noel, Nigel and Helen retreated from 6850m.22nd April was AP's en-mass assault of the North Col, and it turned out to be a quiet day on the mountain for other teams. In no particular order : Brendan, Stu, Max, Stephen, Keith, Nigel (on second attempt), Torsten, Tim, Scott, Geordie, Mickey, Pete and Andy all reached the North Col at various points throughout the day. Barry headed down from 6850m and Heather turned around at 2.30pm at 6900m.Don & Jantoon had not been feeling too good at ABC so decided not to attempt the headwall this time around and will come up early from BC to tackle the North Col.Mark headed up to the North Col today, having also been a bit under the weather. He also reached 6850m before deciding to head back down.Matt Snook has apparently arrived back into BC after being evacuated back to Kathmandu earlier on in the trip. All the team are pleased to hear he is back and wish him well on his acclimitisation.Matt Dickinson & I and the Lahkpa Ri team will attempt to climb Lhakpa Ri tomorrow. We have had a quick recce to find a route out onto the glacier. This didn't take long and starts from the back of my tent, so short walk for me. :)Most of the group have descended down to BC today to rest for a few days, the remaining summit team members will head down tomorrow.