We didn’t get a formal dispatch from the June 7th team today, but word from the team is that they’re all settled in at 14 Camp! Tents pitched, snow walls up, and the team looking right at home at 14,200 feet.

It’s not unusual for a sat phone day to be quiet when a team has just made a big move. After the work of climbing up from Camp 2, navigating Windy Corner, and getting everything pitched and dialed at the new camp, the priority once the day winds down is usually a hot meal and a sleeping bag rather than the satellite phone.

14 Camp itself sits at the center of any West Buttress expedition. It’s the staging ground for the upper mountain and the launching point for summit pushes in the days ahead. From here, the team’s focus will shift to acclimatizing to the new altitude, recovering from yesterday’s move, and looking ahead to the next phase of the climb.

For now, the June 7th team is settled in at 14 Camp and getting ready for whatever comes next. With the move behind them and the upper mountain in view, the team is in a great spot heading into the next chapter of the expedition.

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